Broadband
<communications> A class of communication channel capable of supporting a wide range of frequencies, typically from audio up to video frequencies.
A broadband channel can carry multiple signals by dividing the total capacity into multiple, independent bandwidth channels, where each channel operates only on a specific range of frequencies.
The term has come to be used for any kind of Internet connection with a download speed of more than 56 kbaud, usually some kind of Digital Subscriber Line, e.g. ADSL.
See also baseband, narrowband.
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