Computer Networks Flashcards
linchpin
/lɪntʃpɪn/
If you refer to a person or thing as the linchpin of something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.
He’s the ~ of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
He’s the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
seamless
/siːmləs/
You use seamless to describe something that has no breaks or gaps in it or which continues without stopping.
It was a ~ procession of wonderful electronic music.
It was a seamless procession of wonderful electronic music.
He has moved ~ly from theory to practice.
He has moved seamlessly from theory to practice.
prompt
/prɒmpt/ A prompt action is done without any delay.
Applications in which ~ delivery is more important than accurate delivery.
Applications in which prompt delivery is more important than accurate delivery.
entrenched
If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.
… widely used, deeply ___, and thus hard to replace.
… widely used, deeply entrenched, and thus hard to replace.
embarrassed
A person who is embarrassed feels shy, ashamed, or guilty about something.
Some of them are a bit of an ___ now.
Some of them are a bit of an embarrassment now.
at the height of
в разгаре
vulnerable
Someone who is vulnerable is weak and without protection, with the result that they are easily hurt physically or emotionally.
The ___ of the system was that the destruction of a few key toll offices could fragment it into many isolated islands.
The vulnerability of the system was that the destruction of a few key toll offices could fragment it into many isolated islands.
whippersnapper
If you refer to a young person as a whippersnapper, you disapprove of them because you think that they are behaving more confidently than they should.
The biggest and richest corporation in the world was not about to allow some young ___ (cheeky person) tell it how to build a telephone system.
The biggest and richest corporation in the world was not about to allow some young whippersnapper tell it how to build a telephone system.
astound
/əstaʊnd/ If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
They were ___ (surprise) when there was no network expert and no grand design.
They were astounded when there was no network expert and no grand design.
upheaval
/ʌpˈhiːvəl/
An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.
One driver of these ___ (big change) is telecommunications convergence.
One driver of these upheavals is telecommunications convergence.
convergence
/kənvɜːʳdʒəns/
The convergence of different ideas, groups, or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar.
hindrance
/hɪndrəns/
A hindrance is a person or thing that makes it more difficult for you to do something.
DSL modem converts between digital packets and analog signals that can pass ___ over the telephone line. (without difficulties)
DSL modem converts between digital packets and analog signals that can pass unhindered over the telephone line.
scarcity
/ˈskɛəsɪtɪ/ scarcity
If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.
