Bandwidth (slang)

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A metaphorical way of describing a person's available time, attention, energy, or cognitive capacity to take on more work. In workplace culture it is widely used, sometimes helpfully and sometimes as a vague substitute for clearer planning.

    In plain English: A person's available capacity to take on more work or attention.

    Example: "She had the skills for the project, but not the bandwidth to absorb another cross-team dependency before launch."

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