If flooding occurs, an area of land that is usually dry is covered with water after heavy rain or after a river or lake flows over its banks. The flooding, caused by three days of torrential rain, is the worst in sixty-five years. a situation in which an area of land becomes covered with water, for example because of heavy rain
A method of behavior therapy in which the client is confronted with high levels of the phobic stimulus until the fear response is extinguished (p 582)
Leak Detection: A system which while being leak tested becomes so filled with a tracer gas as to make impracticable further leak testing Gas Detection: Sensor flooding occurs when a gas concentration at the sensor exceeds its stoichiometric mixture The signal from the sensor reverts to zero because the mixture in the air is too gas-rich to burn
Filling a tank through flood ports, open flood valves, or other sea connections, is known as flooding
Action by a switch that does not know the ports destination MAC address found in the The switch transmits the broadcast packet through all ports except for the one on which it arrived
The temporary covering of soil with water from overflowing streams, runoff from adjacent slopes, and tides Frequency, duration, and probable dates of occurrence are estimated Frequency is expressed as none, rare, occasional, and frequent None means that flooding is not probable; rare that it is unlikely but possible under unusual weather conditions; occasional that it occurs on an average of once or less in 2 years; and frequent that it occurs on an average of more than once in 2 years Duration is expressed as very brief if less than 2 days, brief if 2 to 7 days, and long if more than 7 days Probable dates are expressed in months; November-May, for example, means that flooding can occur during the period November through May Water standing for short periods after rainfall or commonly covering swamps and marshes is not considered flooding
A technique used by a bridge to locate a destination address not present in the bridge's routing table by sending a packet out on all possible paths An acknowledgment from the receiving station contains the destination address of the packet, which can then be added to the bridge's routing table