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':
wedged	Definitions include: nauseous, irritable, with an aching body and headaches, as a result of staying awake too long.
screenie	Definitions include: "screenshot".
NLT	Definitions include: acronym for "no later than".
crapware	Definitions include: software that comes installed by default on PCs sold by some vendors.
brick	Definitions include: very cold.
zomg	Definitions include: "Oh my God."
give af	Definitions include: "give a fuck".
firefight	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
WOYM	Definitions include: acronym for "what's on your mind".
NOYB	Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business."
sneakernet	Definitions include: a metaphorical computer network for data transfer.
HMU	Definitions include: acronym for "hit me up".
IDEK	Definitions include: acronym for "I don't even know".
TTYT	Definitions include: acronym for "talk to you tomorrow".
ppl	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "people", used in electronic communication.
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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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