congestion

congestion definition - telecom
The condition that arises when a system or network experiences a level of offered calling activity or message traffic that exceeds its capacity.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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