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Broadband

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001437

A high-capacity internet connection that carries large amounts of data at once, using technologies such as DSL, cable, fiber optic, or satellite, with faster download and upload speeds than dial-up. In the United States the FCC set its fixed broadband benchmark at 25 megabits per second down and 3 up in 2015, and raised it to 100 megabits per second down and 20 up in 2024.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001437
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001437",
  "term": "Broadband",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A high-capacity internet connection that carries large amounts of data at once, using technologies such as DSL, cable, fiber optic, or satellite, with faster download and upload speeds than dial-up. In the United States the FCC set its fixed broadband benchmark at 25 megabits per second down and 3 up in 2015, and raised it to 100 megabits per second down and 20 up in 2024.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/broadband/"
}

Record 150 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.