nyquist frequency

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Nyquist frequency
    n 1: (telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring
         in the transmitted signal

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Nyquist frequency

   <DSP> The highest frequency that can be represented in a
   digital signal of a specified {sampling frequency}.  It is
   equal to one-half of the sampling rate.

   See {Nyquist Theorem}.

   (2001-06-06)