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BB
BB
Bandwidth
Bandwidth
indicates the speed at which data is transferred using a particular network
media. It is measured in bits-per-second (bps).
Kbps
(One kilobit per second or 1,000 bps (a , a modem operates at up to 56.6 Kbps)
Mbps
(One megabit per second or 1,000,000 bps, company networks operate at 10 or
more Mbps)
Gbps
(One gigabit per second or 1,000,000,000 bps, fibre-optic or satellite links
operate at Gbps)
Banner
advert
A
typically rectangular graphic displayed on a web page for purposes of
brand-building or driving traffic to a site. It is normally possible to perform
a
Clickthrough
to access further information from another web site. Banners may be static or
animated (see
Animated
banner adverts (animated GIFs)
)
Behavioural
traits of web users
Web
users can be broadly divided into directed and undirected information seekers.
Broadband
technology
A
term referring to methods of delivering information across the Internet at a
higher rate by increasing
Bandwidth.
Brochureware
A
web site in which a company has migrated their existing paper-based promotional
literature onto the Internet without recognising the differences required by
this medium.
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