Silence suppression — The term silence suppression is used in telephony to describe the process of not transmitting information over the network when one of the parties involved in a telephone call is not speaking, thereby reducing bandwidth usage.Voice is carried… … Wikipedia
Suppression — The term Suppression may refer to:* Oppression * Censorship * Voter suppression * Cultural suppression * Suppression of religion * Political suppression * Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain… … Wikipedia
Suppression of dissent — occurs when an individual or group which is more powerful than another tries to directly or indirectly censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party, rather than engage with and constructively respond to or accommodate the other party s… … Wikipedia
suppression — [ sypresjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1380; lat. suppressio, de suppressum, supin de supprimere ♦ Action de supprimer; son résultat. 1 ♦ Dr. Le fait de cacher. Suppression de part, d enfant : délit consistant à faire disparaître la preuve de son existence sur … Encyclopédie Universelle
silence — si·lence n 1: the state of keeping or being silent; esp: forbearance from speech or comment 2: failure to make something known esp. in violation of a duty to do so acceptance by silence see also estoppel by silence at estoppel … Law dictionary
suppression of sound — index silence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
suppression — The subduing of a movement by force. Restraint. Concealment. Abolition. There is a distinction between the suppression of a fact and mere silence. Where there is an obligation to speak, a failure to speak will constitute the suppression of a… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Silence (film, 1971) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Silence (homonymie). Silence Données clés Titre original Chinmoku Réalisation Masahiro Shinoda Scénario … Wikipédia en Français
silence — n 1. stillness, still, hush; noiselessness, soundlessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, Chiefly Irish. whist, Sl. q.t.; peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, calm, calmness, placidity, serenity, tranquility, rest, repose. 2. muteness, Psychiatry.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
The Suppression of the Jesuits (1770-1773) — Society of Jesus, History of the (1750 1773) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Suppression of the Jesuits (1750 1773) The Suppression is the most difficult part of the history of the Society. Having enjoyed very high favor among Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
Conspiracy of silence (expression) — For other uses, see Conspiracy of silence (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Code of silence. Part of a series on Censorship … Wikipedia