We often hear people talking about bandwidth and we know that higher bandwidth is usually a good thing. But what does the term “bandwidth” mean?
“Bandwidth, when used in the computational terms, is the amount of data that can be transferred over a given connection in a set period of time. The speed of many things such as internet connections, local network connections, and even local connections between host computers and peripherals are frequently described in terms of bandwidth.
Bandwidth is usually noted in the format of bits-per-second (or whatever multiple of bits-per-second is most practical for the application). Thus you will frequently hear Internet Service Providers toting that their top-tier residential internet connection offers 50Mbit/s or an article on a technology blog explaining that a new cable standard offers a 2Gbit/s increase in available bandwidth over the previous standard.”
SOURCE: www.howtogeek.com
Ons hoor gereeld mense praat van bandwydte en ons weet ook dat hoër bandwydte `n goeie ding is. Maar wat beteken “bandwydte”?
Bandwydte, as dit in rekenaarterme gebruik word, is die hoeveelheid data wat oorgedra kan word binne `n sekere periode deur middel van `n verbinding. Die spoed van internetverbindings, plaaslike netwerkverbindings en selfs plaaslike verbindings tussen rekenaars en toestelle word dikwels gemeet in terme van bandwydte.
Bandwydte word normaalweg aangeteken in `n bits-per-sekonde eenhede. Jy sal dus gereeld hoor dat internetverskaffers spog dat hulle beste tuis internetverbinding 50Mbit/s kan verskaf of die universiteit se netwerkverbindings opgegradeer gaan word na 10Mbit/s.
BRON: www.howtogeek.com
Pietman, dalk is dit veiliger dat ons dit nie weet nie:)
Nuttige stukkie inligting. Wonder net wat die bandwydte van die menslike brein is!