Definition of low-bandwidth

low-bandwidth

adjective

• a session of communication that has little information relative to its time-length.

  All of his e-mails are so low-bandwidth that I've stopped reading them.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
TINLA	Definitions include: acronym for "this is not legal advice".
tks	Definitions include: "thanks".
charityware	Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity.
TT4N	Definitions include: "ta-ta for now", i.e. "goodbye for now."
Billy Mays Mode	Definitions include: a "mode" activated by typing in all capital letters.
133t	Definitions include: "elite."
compy	Definitions include: "computer".
porcelain	Definitions include: an interface designed to hide the complexity of a system.
guerilla testing	Definitions include: testing of a software application, performed on devices (such as computers and cell phones) made available to potential purchasers in retail stores.
guiltware	Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost.
IIUC	Definitions include: acronym for "if I understand correctly".
hackish	Definitions include: a hack or involving a hack.
LML	Definitions include: acronym for "licking my lips".
'net	Definitions include: the World Wide Web.
zombie	Definitions include: a computer whose security has been compromised, and is then used to perform computer misdeeds, such as sending spam or performing denial-of-service attacks.
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Other terms relating to 'bandwidth':
bandwidth	Definitions include: From "bandwidth" as a measure of the rate of data transfer ("throughput") that a digital medium can handle.
Other terms relating to 'low':
DL	Definitions include: DL is short for down-low, which basically means to keep things under-wraps, to keep a secret or lay low.
DL, the	Definitions include: See on the DL.
down low	Definitions include: to keep quiet.
fly low	Definitions include: to have the zipper on one's trousers unzipped.
get (one's) ears lowered	Definitions include: to get a haircut.
get some stank on (one's) hang low	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse with a woman.
GROLIES	Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
keep a low profile	Definitions include: to hide.
keep it on the down low	Definitions include: keep it a secret.
LA	Definitions include: acronym for "lower Alabama".
lay low	Definitions include: to hide.
lie low	Definitions include: to hide.
low	Definitions include: very much under the influence of marijuana; "very high".
low blow	Definitions include: a mean-spirited response.
low-brow	Definitions include: low-class.
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