Bandwidth
What Bandwidth means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The amount of data that can be transferred per unit time, so a higher-bandwidth link can carry more data at once.
The maximum data transfer rate of a connection, so a higher bandwidth allows more data per second.
Topics that use Bandwidth
- Networks and topologies (OCR GCSE)
- Networks (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- LAN
- Mesh topology
- Star topology
- WAN
- Addressing at different layers
- Bus topology
- Central management and access
- Cloud computing
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