Broadband vs. Cable
Broadbandadjective
(telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
Broadbandnoun
(telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
Broadbandnoun
(Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.
Broadbandadjective
of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)
Broadbandadjective
responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies;
Broadband
In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types. The medium can be coaxial cable, optical fiber, radio, twisted pair or satellite.
Cablenoun
(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
Cablenoun
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
Cablenoun
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
Cablenoun
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
Cablenoun
(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
Cablenoun
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
Cablenoun
Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
Cablenoun
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
Cablenoun
(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
Cablenoun
100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
Cablenoun
(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
Cablenoun
(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
Cableverb
(transitive) To provide with cable(s)
Cableverb
(transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
Cableverb
(transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
Cableverb
(transitive) To send a telegram by cable
Cableverb
(intransitive) To communicate by cable
Cableverb
To ornament with cabling.
Cablenoun
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
Cablenoun
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
Cablenoun
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; - called also cable molding.
Cableverb
To fasten with a cable.
Cableverb
To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
Cableverb
To telegraph by a submarine cable
Cablenoun
a telegram sent abroad
Cablenoun
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Cablenoun
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
Cablenoun
a nautical unit of depth
Cablenoun
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
Cablenoun
a television system transmitted over cables
Cableverb
send cables, wires, or telegrams
Cableverb
fasten with a cable;
