General
bandwidth
What does bandwidth mean?
A person's or team's available capacity to take on additional tasks. Borrowed from data transmission to describe human workload.
"I'd love to help but I don't have the bandwidth this sprint."
Origin
From telecommunications (data capacity); metaphorically applied to mental and time capacity.
Frequently asked questions
What does bandwidth mean at work?
It refers to a person's or team's available capacity to take on more tasks, as in whether you have the time and energy for extra work.
Where does the corporate use of bandwidth come from?
From telecommunications, where bandwidth is data capacity; it was metaphorically applied to human time and mental capacity.
How do you use bandwidth in a sentence?
For example, 'I don't have the bandwidth this week,' meaning you're too busy to take on anything more.
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