Cyberspeak

Bandwidth: A measure of the information-carrying capacity of a communications channel. The speed (bit rate or velocity) at which data can be transferred and presented.

Baud: Speed of transmission in bits per second (b.p.s.) in binary (two-state) telecommunications transmission.

Bell operating company (B.O.C.): One of the 22 regulated local-exchange carriers divested from the a.t.&t. Bell telephone system by the Modification of Final Judgment (see related story ) in 1984. The 22 companies are organized into subsidiaries of the seven regional holding companies, which are also called...