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Broadband Definition

–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or responsive to a continuous, wide range of frequencies. Compare sharp (def. 23).
2. pertaining to or denoting a type of high-speed data transmission in which the bandwidth is shared by more than one simultaneous signal.
–noun
3. broadband transmission.

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