congestionamento

English translation: clogging the radios

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Portuguese term or phrase:congestionamento
English translation:clogging the radios

12:24 Dec 13, 2012
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) / comunicação via rádio
Portuguese term or phrase: congestionamento
DEvemos evitar o congestionamento dos rádios de comunicação...

= excesso the gente usando ao mesmo tempo
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 10:46
clogging the radios
Explanation:
clogging the radios....... crunch from the surging use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, clogging the radio spectrum allocated for mobile broadband.
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 14:46
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5clogging the radios
Nick Taylor
4overcrowding (of radio communication lines)
Marlene Curtis
3overloading
Douglas Bissell
3we should avoid the communication radios jamming
patricia maltez


  

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overloading


Explanation:
A suggestion, depending on the greater context

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
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clogging the radios


Explanation:
clogging the radios....... crunch from the surging use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, clogging the radio spectrum allocated for mobile broadband.


Example sentence(s):
  • ... crunch from the surging use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, clogging the radio spectrum allocated for mobile broadband.
Nick Taylor
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overcrowding (of radio communication lines)


Explanation:
Linjesender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinjesenderIt consisted of a power line communication system, which fed the radio ... choice of stations (as overcrowding on the frequency bands was less of a problem) .

Brownwood Amateur Radio Club
www.k5bwd.org/Official website of the Brownwood Amateur Radio Club. ... During major disasters, normal lines of communication are often overcrowded or down. Emergency

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overcrowding = too many people talking on their radios at the same time.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 09:46
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we should avoid the communication radios jamming


Explanation:
sug.

patricia maltez
Local time: 10:46
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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