jam
21
9.1
- noun
- /dʒæm/
- Specialized
:
interferencia
- But unconventional security aspects, such as preventing signal jamming, have been largely overlooked.
- a signal jam
- a radio jam
Examples
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So he came back to the idea that it was a jamming pod.
Fiction book (1991) -
Within 2 weeks, he was surprised by another severe jamming incident, this time of anti-aircraft fire control radars.
Academic text (1991) -
State jamming radio signals from UK, Daily News, 14 March 2005.
Academic text (2009) -
They're trying to hack through the signal jam, but soon.
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Drones in the air, jamming is active, comms are secure.
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The internationally authorized use of jamming technology also raises important sovereignty issues.
Academic text (1997) -
BBC Monitoring confirmed "the presence of deliberate jamming on all three broadcasts."
Academic text (2009) -
If there's any sign of an alert, even a false alarm, the first thing the authorities do is kill all communications, jam radio frequencies, shut down all cell phone towers.
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The military uses jam techniques to prevent enemy radar systems from functioning properly.
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During the operation, our aircraft encountered electronic jam that hindered communication.
Synonyms
1
8.8
Sending radio signals on purpose to block radar or radio communication
1
7.4
The sending of radio signals on purpose to stop electronic devices from working
A way of stopping radio signals by sending noise across many frequencies at once
A deliberate block of one radio frequency to stop communications
An action done on purpose that blocks signals on one radio frequency
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Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
9
3.9
A meeting of musicians who make up music and play together without planning
3
1.0
A sweet spread people make from strawberries and sugar to put on bread or pastries
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jam in the military sense of blocking signals follows the same idea of filling or crowding a channel so it cannot work, to 'block' electronically. So to jam enemy radar or radio is to send interference that stops it from finding or hearing targets.