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10 Language-to-English DictionariesReizüberflutung
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈʁaɪ̯tsˌyːbɐfluːtʊŋ/
"Die ständige Erreichbarkeit führt zu einer massiven Reizüberflutung."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A state of feeling overwhelmed by the excessive amount of information being received and processed, leading to difficulty in making decisions or understanding concepts.
"With hundreds of emails arriving daily, employees frequently suffer from information overload." - 2
The exposure of a system, such as a computer or human brain, to more data than it can efficiently handle.
"The dense presentation of statistics caused cognitive information overload for the audience."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'information', derived from Latin 'informare' (to shape, form, or instruct), originating in the late 14th century, and 'overload', combining the prefix 'over-' with 'load', dating back to the mid-19th century. The compound 'information overload' was coined in the mid-20th century, notably popularized by management theorist Bertram Gross in 1964 and later by Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book 'Future Shock', to describe the state of feeling overwhelmed by the massive volume of daily data.
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infobésité
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.fɔ.be.zi/
"L'infobésité nuit souvent à la productivité des salariés."
Reizüberflutung
Transliteration: /ˈʁaɪ̯tsˌyːbɐfluːtʊŋ/
"Die ständige Erreichbarkeit führt zu einer massiven Reizüberflutung."
sovraccarico informativo
Transliteration: /sov.rakˈka.ri.ko in.for.maˈti.vo/
"Il sovraccarico informativo rende difficile concentrarsi sul lavoro."
sobrecarga de información
Transliteration: /so.βɾeˈkaɾ.ɣa ðe in.fɔɾ.maˈsjon/
"La sobrecarga de información puede causar estrés crónico."
sobrecarga de informação
Transliteration: /so.bɾeˈkaɾ.ɡɐ dʒi ĩ.fɔɾ.maˈsãw/
"Precisamos filtrar os dados para evitar a sobrecarga de informação."
सूचना अतिभार
Transliteration: soochana atibhaar
"आज के डिजिटल युग में सूचना अतिभार एक आम समस्या बन गया है।"
信息过载
Transliteration: xìnxī guòzài
"过多的新闻报道常常导致信息过载。"
정보 과부하
Transliteration: jeongbo gwabubha
"지나친 뉴스는 현대인에게 정보 과부하를 일으킨다."
情報過多
Transliteration: jōhō kata
"インターネットの普及により、情報過多の状態に陥りやすい。"
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