fat pipe

a.k.a. huge pipe -or- fat pipes

A nickname for any type of high bandwidth connection via high-capacity wiring, fiber-optic cable, cable modems, or DSL. Here's an example of its usage: "CUSeeMe on the Net doesn't look half-bad, if you've got fat pipes."

NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon

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