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logjam
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also log-jam , "congestion of logs on a river," by 1851, American English; see log (n.1) + jam (v.). The figurative sense is by 1890.
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.