broadband

English

Etymology

broad +‎ band

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔːdbænd/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

broadband (not comparable)

1. (telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Related terms

• band
• baseband
• hyperband
• narrowband
• ultrabroadband
• ultrawideband
• wideband

Noun

broadband (usually uncountable, plural broadbands)

1. (telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
2. (Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.

Translations

wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

• Finnish: laajakaista (fi)
• Greek: ευρεία ζώνη f (evreía zóni)
• Kazakh: кеңжолақты жеткізу (keñjolaqty jetkızu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bredbånd n

  Nynorsk: breiband n

• Portuguese: banda larga f

high-capacity internet connection

• Arabic: نِطَاق اَلْعَرِيض m (niṭāq al-ʕarīḍ), وَاسِع اَلنِّطَاق m (wāsiʕ an-niṭāq)
• Azerbaijani: genişzolaqlı ötürmə
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寬帶／宽带 (zh) (kuāndài)

• Danish: bredbånd
• Dutch: breedband (nl) c
• Estonian: lairiba
• Finnish: laajakaistayhteys
• German: Breitband n
• Greek: ευρυζωνική (el) f (evryzonikí)
• Hungarian: széles sáv
• Japanese: ブロードバンド (ja) (burōdobando)
• Korean: 광대역 (gwangdaeyeok)
• Macedonian: широкопојасна врска f (širokopojasna vrska), широкопојасна линија f (širokopojasna linija)
• Maori: aunui
• Norman: connexion d'laîze f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bredbånd n

  Nynorsk: breiband n

• Portuguese: banda larga f
• Russian: широкополо́сная переда́ча f (širokopolósnaja peredáča), бро́дбэнд m (bródbɛnd)
• Scottish Gaelic: bann-leathann m
• Spanish: banda ancha f
• Swedish: bredband (sv) n
• Welsh: band llydan, band eang m

Derived terms

• voice over broadband

See also

• bandwidth
• DSL
• ADSL
• cable modem