Also a very popular computer manufacturer. Click here if you would like to visit their web site. Bandwidth A measure of the communication capacity or data transmission rate of a circuit or channel. The number of signaling elements that can be transmitted per second on a circuit. An electronic bulletin board where users can leave messages.
Many BBSs are on a membership basis.
The smallest piece of digital information. A bit is either on or off , and more often represented by a 1 or a 0. Bottleneck A system capacity constraint that may reduce traffic during peak load conditions. BPS Bits per second. The measure of a modems speed.