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Guard band - Definition

Related Words: Advocate, Aegis, Apologist, Archer, Arm, Armor, Arrest, Athlete, Baseballer

A guard band is a small part of the radio spectrum in between radio bands, for the purpose of preventing interference.

The unused space between tracks on a video tape, which prevents interference from adjacent tracks when reading data off of one track is also called a guard band, in an obvious analogy.

Example Usage of Guard

USCGAuxVin: RT @USCGNewEngland: Dec. 23, 2009: Coast Guard cutter returns from patrol http://ow.ly/16cR7V (1 of 3) #team-uscg @uscoastGuard @uscgaux
CoastGuardNews: Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returns from patrol | Coast Guard News http://ow.ly/P6I1
AyeiTsAshLeyTOS: http://twitpic.com/uvq14 - @mszamazin23 @ sears. Off Guard
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