Techno Babble: Bandwidth

Bandwidth is a term used to describe how much information

your computer (usually via modem) can receive in a

predetermined amount of time (per second). The most common

measure is Bps (bits per second). You will also see Kbps

and Mbps that stand for Kilo (thousand) bits per second,

and Mega (Million) bits per second.

The larger the bps number, the more information you can

receive per second, therefore, the higher the bandwidth.

This does NOT mean that you will always get faster download

time. Download time also depends upon how fast the computer

on the other end is sending information.

- Michael Vincent

Emazing.com 4/27/02