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.
It is the ___ of spectrum. (a lack of)
It is the scarcity of spectrum.
inherent
The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it.
Wireless is ___ a broadcast medium. (by nature)
Wireless is inherently a broadcast medium.
nomadic
/noʊmædɪk/
Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time.
Typically, 802.11 is used by ___ clients that go from one fixed location to another.
Typically, 802.11 is used by nomadic clients that go from one fixed location to another.
overhaul
/ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/
If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.
foster
/fɒstəʳ/
To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that ___ regulation to foster competition. (examine in order to improve).
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to foster competition.
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to ___ competition. (to help it to develop)
Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to foster competition.
steering committee
a committee set up to prepare and arrange topics to be discussed, the order of business, etc, for a legislative assembly or other body.
The chairmen of these working groups initially met as a ___ to direct the engineering effort. (a committee set up to prepare topics to be discussed)
The chairmen of these working groups initially met as a steering committee to direct the engineering effort.
obey
/oʊbeɪ/
If you obey a person, a command, or an instruction, you do what you are told to do.
Inter-recipe dependencies are ___. (followed)
Inter-recipe dependencies are obeyed.
culprit
/kʌlprɪt/
When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit.
to identify the ___ (cause of a problem)
to identify the culprit