 ##  [Bandwidth](/bandwidth) 

  ##  [Bandwidth](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/bandwidth-0) 

  
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**Natural &amp; Formal Sciences Dictionary**

 
Definition

The maximum rate at which data can be transferred across a network link, interface, or subsystem, typically expressed in bits per second; in some contexts it denotes the allocation or capacity reserved for traffic.

 
 ##  [Bandwidth](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/bandwidth-1) 

  
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Definition

A measure of how far from the main diagonal the significant nonzero entries of a discretized linear operator (matrix) are concentrated, commonly quantified as the maximum distance |i-j| for which the matrix A(i,j) is nonzero (or the half-bandwidth in symmetric conventions).