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Bandwidth

Also seen as BPS, it is the most common measurement for data transmission. It indicates the number of bits that can be transferred to or from a communications device in one second.

Booking

Booked, Book, or Booking, a term applying to the status of job auditioned for. 'I am booked', e.g. 'I am hired for the voiceover job.'

Broadcast or Broadcasting

Is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults.There is a wide variety of broadcasting systems, all of which have different capabilities. The smallest broadcasting systems are institutional public address systems, which transmit spoken messages and music within, for example, a school or hospital, and low-powered radio or television stations transmitting programs to a small local area.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast )

Byte

A unit of measurement of information storage, most often consisting of eight bits. In many computer architectures it is a unit of memory addressing.

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