Im a newbie to servers and stuff. and i wanna ask...whats bandwidth??

It's how much you're allowed to transfer in a month. It's normally given in either Mb or Gig's.

Some site only count outgoing web traffic. Some count web + ftp. Some count web + ftp + mail.

Frank

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci211634,00.html

bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transfered at any one time (through a connection ie Dialup-56k, DSL-Lot more, T1-a hell of a lot more, OC192-an incredible amount more)

Transfer, however is different then bandwidth. You are allowed to transfer a certin amount of data a month w/ a hosting plan for example.

if you don't know what bandwidth is and are worrying about how much you need...don't. 1gig is fine, maybe 2-3 if you have downloads on your site

Originally posted by ffeingol
It's how much you're allowed to transfer in a month. It's normally given in either Mb or Gig's.While the word has come to be misused in that way often enough that one could probably argue that it is becoming an accurate definition, web hosts and others who deal with networking as a profession would be well served -- and would reduce confusion on the part of their clients and customers -- by recognizing the distinction between "bandwidth" and "amount of data transferred."

Dogma's explanation above is more accurate. Also, check this link: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=bandwidth