Spread Spectrum: Initially devised for military use, this radio transmission technology spreads information over greater bandwidth than necessary to resist jamming and other interference.

 

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Spread Spectrum: Initially devised for military use, this radio transmission technology spreads information over greater bandwidth than necessary to resist jamming and other interference.

Spectrum Assignment: Federal government authorization for use of specific frequencies or frequency pairs within a given allocation, at specific geographic locations.

Spectrum Allocation: Federal government assignment of a range of frequencies for a category of use or uses. For example, the FCC allocated the 1900 MHz band for personal communications services. Allocation, acco . . . View Full Definition

Spectrum: A range of frequencies available for over-the-air transmission.

Spectrum Cap: A limit to the allocated spectrum designated for a specific service.

Selling The Spread: A spread whose option to be sold is trading at a higher premium than the option to be bought.

Spread (Or Straddle): The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity: the purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against . . . View Full Definition

Spread: In the most general sense, a spread is the difference between two similar measures. In the stock market, for example, the spread is the difference between the highest price offered and the l . . . View Full Definition

Spread Income: (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in di . . . View Full Definition

Sea-Floor Spreading: The horizontal movement of oceanic crust