jamming

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She started out doing culture jamming, altering store signage with subversive messages.

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  1. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

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  • As countermeasures went, the jamming was not very convincing, but the fact that it existed indicated that the British knew about it. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
  • Chapter 7 depicts the dramatic reversal of fortune experienced within the German air defenses as radar jamming, a chronic lack of personnel, and the combined Allied bombing effort turned the tide in favor of the bomber offensive. —  Flak - German Anti-aircraft Defenses 1914-1945
  • Non-jamming, like the ship-wide return of ambient lighting, was part of a cautious evolution toward coexistence. —  Analog SFF, September 2006
  • The quest to expand the technology has invigorated a debate about how widely jamming should be allowed and whether its value as a common crime-fighting strategy outweighs its downsides, including restricting the constant access to the airwaves that Americans have come to expect. ... —  Slashdot: Hardware
  • Ronnie also joined one-time Yardbirds guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page for a jamming session onstage. —  Home | Mail Online
 

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