Listening · Advanced

Level 35: Technical Jargon

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Core listening

Objective · Understand jargon and idioms in lectures.

Listen to a short passage on technical jargon.

female voice
Audio script

In computer networking, latency is the round-trip delay of a packet, while bandwidth is the volume that can pass per second; engineers often say a link is 'fat but slow' or 'thin but quick'.