eli5: What is bandwidth?
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Bandwidth is the width (range) of the band (frequency) of the signal (electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves or light) that can be propogated through a medium. But in contemporary terms, it means *data rate*, how many bits can be processed by a system. The relationship between the term and its usage is straightforward, but detailed.
Basically, the higher the frequency of the waves, the faster they can switch from a binary 1 to a binary 0, so the more data you can send in a given time period. So the wider the bandwidth, the higher the frequency you can use, so the more data you can send.
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