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Answer for the clue "Congestion ", 6 letters:
logjam

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Word definitions for logjam in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Extra work has been commissioned to determine which highway links and junctions would need improvement to relieve any potential traffic logjam . ▪ Little wonder that the odd logjam has formed. ▪ Reaching the ridge, a logjam of ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam" an immovable mass of logs blocking a river

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Logjam is a security vulnerability against a Diffie–Hellman key exchange ranging from 512-bit ( US export-grade ) to 1024-bit keys. It was discovered by a group of computer scientists and publicly reported on May 20, 2015.

Usage examples of logjam.

The toll collector peered at the holoslate, then craned his neck in the direction of the knot of men and animals logjammed outside the airlock.

Normally the trauma team of ER physicians, surgical residents, radiologists, and anesthetists responded to the gunshots, stabbings, and car accidentsthe so-called Code Yellowsbut when logjams developed, support came in from the adjacent departments.

When I was a boy and traveled up north to visit my cousins, I saw log drives and logjams, and I even participated in a few log-rolling contests.

The other was Jed Griffin, the President's main man for breaking logjams.

A logjam of baggage-toting travelers clogged one of the taxi stands, forming a disorderly circle.