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Record 1 2002-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

A mutated term of the digital age that refers to a computer's ability to take in lots of information all at once - a growing imperative in computer science.

CONT

Combine it with "real time" - a computing term for the ability to perform computations on data that are being generated that very instant - and you have the ultimate computer-jock compliment: "She has high bandwidth and thinks in real time."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Ingénieur de première classe, être de classe, (qualité, distinction, valeur).

OBS

L'expression technique «grande largeur de bande» n'a pas acquis un sens figuré analogue à celui acquis par «high bandwidth».

Spanish

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