bandwidth
n. 1. Used by hackers in a generalization of its
technical meaning as the volume of information per unit time that a
computer, person, or transmission medium can handle. "Those are
amazing graphics, but I missed some of the detail --- not enough
bandwidth, I guess." Compare
low-bandwidth. 2. Attention
span. 3. On
USENET, a measure of network capacity that is
often wasted by people complaining about how items posted by others
are a waste of bandwidth.
