Broadband vs. Fibre

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.

Fibrenoun

(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

Fibrenoun

(uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.

Fibrenoun

Dietary fibre.

Fibrenoun

Moral strength and resolve.

Fibrenoun

(mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.

Fibrenoun

(category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.

Fibrenoun

(computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

Fibrenoun

A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.

Fibrenoun

Same as fiber.

Fibrenoun

a slender and greatly elongated solid substance

Fibrenoun

the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

Fibrenoun

a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

Fibrenoun

a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed

Fibrenoun

a substance formed of fibres

Fibrenoun

a threadlike structure forming part of the muscular, nervous, connective, or other tissue in the human or animal body

Fibrenoun

strength of character

Fibrenoun

dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.