9 Privacy groups are angry because they re too many CCTV cameras in the UK terms
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bandwidth
noun
a band of frequencies used for sending electronic signals
Example: The high bandwidth needed to support a CCTV wireless network offers spare capacity for delivering other servers where only the imagination is the limit.
fr: bande passante
débit
cotton on
phrasal verb
to begin to understand or realize something without being told
Example: She finally cottoned on to the fact that they were teasing her.
fr: piger
eavesdrop
verb
to listen secretly to what other people are saying
Example: Westminster council claims that the devices don't eavesdrop since they monitor ambient noise, not actual voices.
fr: écouter aux portes (figuré)
forestall
verb
to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something by doing something first
Example: We have forestalled the onset of a governmental Big Brother by meekly accepting surveillance and even doing much of it ourselves.
fr: prévenir
déjouer
contrecarrer
hooligansim
noun
noisy and violent behaviour by a group of people in public
Example: to thwart hooligansim
fr: vandalisme
monitor
verb
to observe
Example: they monitor ambient noise
fr: surveiller
roll-out
noun
an occasion when a company, the government, etc. introduces or starts to use a new product or service
Example: Tye council argues that this experiment arose from it believe is its unique approach to the roll-out of wireless over eight square miles of the city.
fr: lancement
mise en oeuvre
thwart
verb
to prevent somebody from doing what they want to do
Example: ...to record conversations up to 100 yards away to thwart hooliganism...
fr: déjouer (une tentative)
trim down
phrasal verb
to become smaller in size; to make something smaller
Example: The board will be trimmed down to eight members.
