bandwidth

bande passante

La quantité de données qu’une connexion réseau peut transmettre chaque seconde.

En anglais simple : The amount of data a network connection can carry each second.

• Video calls need enough bandwidth.
• Our network has limited bandwidth.
• Streaming several films used all the available bandwidth.

Synonymes : data capacity

Expressions courantes : high bandwidth, limited bandwidth, bandwidth usage

disponibilité, capacité

Le temps, l’énergie ou les capacités mentales dont on dispose pour s’occuper de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The time, energy, or mental ability you have available to deal with something.

• I have no bandwidth for another project.
• The team lacked the bandwidth to handle extra work.
• Do you have the emotional bandwidth for this conversation?

Comment l'utiliser : bandwidth for something (She has little bandwidth for personal problems this week.); bandwidth to do something (We lack the bandwidth to organize another event.)

Synonymes : capacity

Expressions courantes : mental bandwidth, emotional bandwidth, bandwidth for something

largeur de bande

La différence entre la fréquence la plus élevée et la plus basse dans un ensemble de signaux.

En anglais simple : The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies in a range of signals.

• The signal has a narrow bandwidth.
• This filter reduces the bandwidth of the signal.
• Engineers measured the bandwidth in hertz.

Comment l'utiliser : bandwidth of something (They calculated the bandwidth of the radio channel.)

Expressions courantes : signal bandwidth, narrow bandwidth, bandwidth of something