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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>low-bandwidth</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="lots-of-MIPS-but-no-I-O.html" title="lots of MIPS but no I/O"/><link rel="next" href="Lubarskys-Law-of-Cybernetic-Entomology.html" title="Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">low-bandwidth</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="lots-of-MIPS-but-no-I-O.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Lubarskys-Law-of-Cybernetic-Entomology.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="low-bandwidth"/><dt xmlns="" id="low-bandwidth"><b>low-bandwidth</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although
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