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> I wonder where does the idea of "fast" beign about throughput comes from. A cat video will start displaying much sooner with 1 Mbps of bandwidth compared to
by throw0101b 1y ago
> I wonder where does the idea of "fast" beign about throughput comes from.
A cat video will start displaying much sooner with 1 Mbps of bandwidth compared to 100 Kbps:
> taking a comparatively short time
* https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fast § 3(a)(2)
> done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: fast work.
* https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fast https://www.dictionary.com/browse/fast § 2
So an online experiences happens sooner (=faster-in-time) with more bandwidth.