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Low-bandwidth Adj. [from Communication Theory] Used To Indicate A Talk That, Although Not Content-free, Was Not Terribly Informative.
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low-bandwidth adj.
[from communication theory] Used to
indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not
terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what
can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare
zero-content, bandwidth, math-out
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low-bandwidth: [from communication theory] adj. Used to indicate a talk that, although not {content-free}, was not terribly informative.
That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of {suit}s!...
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....
bandwidth n. 1. [common] Used by hackers (in a generalization of its technical meaning) as the volume of information per unit time that a compute
person, or transmission medium can handle. "Those are amazing graphics, but I missed some of the detail -- not enough bandwidth, I guess....
zero-content adj. Syn. content-free.
ignal-to-noise ratio [from analog electronics] n. Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning.
`Signal' refers to useful information conveyed by some communications medium, and `noise' to anything else on that medium....
ignal-to-noise ratio: [from analog electronics] n.
Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning....
content-free: [by analogy with techspeak `context-free'] adj.
Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge....
Shred the serious Bandwidth!
MFTL /M-F-T-L/ [abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language'] 1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design that is heavy on the syntax (with lots of BNF), sometimes even talks about semantics (e....