crosstalk
Unwanted signal leakage
Crosstalk is unwanted signal interference between communication channels—when one telephone line picks up conversation from another, or one circuit bleeds into its neighbor.
The term extends to any situation where separate processes or conversations interfere with each other.
In casual use, crosstalk means overlapping chatter or side conversation during a meeting: There was too much crosstalk to follow the main discussion.
Unwanted auditory disturbance
- distortionTwisting from original state
- bleedLose vital fluid
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
- couplingJoint between systems
signal-to-noise · garble · bleeding · spillover · interference · jamming · multipath · shielding
Break in continuity
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- back-and-forthAlternating reciprocal motion
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
chatter · babel · cacophony · confusion · miscommunication · garble
Message-conveying cue
- channelPassage for transmission
- transmissionSending of information
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
frequency · modulation · multiplexing · cable · fiber · telephone · DSL · network
Quick, clever conversation
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- witClever, inventive humor
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
wordplay · back-and-forth · zingers · one-liners · sparring · jesting · raillery · badinage
Of nerve tissue
- synapticOf nerve connections
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- receptorSignal-receiving molecule
cell · molecular · regulatory · feedback · network · biochemical · protein
Closed electrical pathway
- PCBElectronic component substrate
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
semiconductor · microprocessor · transistor · IC · impedance · cable · wiring · shielding
noise
Unwanted auditory disturbance
- distortionTwisting from original state
- bleedLose vital fluid
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
coupling · signal-to-noise · garble · bleeding · spillover · interference · jamming · multipath · shielding · isolation
interruption
Break in continuity
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- back-and-forthAlternating reciprocal motion
exchange · chatter · babel · cacophony · confusion · miscommunication · garble
signal
Message-conveying cue
- channelPassage for transmission
- transmissionSending of information
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
bandwidth · frequency · modulation · multiplexing · cable · fiber · telephone · DSL · network · attenuation
repartee
Quick, clever conversation
ribbing · wordplay · back-and-forth · zingers · one-liners · sparring · jesting · raillery · badinage · volleys
neural
Of nerve tissue
- synapticOf nerve connections
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
receptor · cell · molecular · regulatory · feedback · network · biochemical · protein
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
capacitor · semiconductor · microprocessor · transistor · IC · impedance · cable · wiring · shielding · routing
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism
- debatesmoderator, podium, lectern, rebuttal, rebuttals
- dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, repartee
- meeting problemsno decisions, interrupting, rambling, off-topic, tangents
- audio termsWAV, dB, tone, frequency response, MP3
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
talk, cross, talking, talked, crossroads, crosswalk, crossroad, crossover, crosswise