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information overload

[ɪn.fərˈmeɪ.ʃən ˈoʊ.vər.loʊd]
nounpl: information overloads
sobrecarga de informação
1. A situation where the amount of input to a system exceeds its processing capacity, leading to difficulty in understanding or making decisions
The student experienced information overload when faced with hundreds of research papers to read in one week.
O estudante sofreu uma sobrecarga de informação quando enfrentou centenas de artigos de pesquisa para ler em uma semana.
2. The state of receiving more data or stimuli than one can effectively process
Social media can cause information overload for users who follow too many accounts.
As redes sociais podem causar sobrecarga de informação para usuários que seguem muitas contas.
NYC Slang
too much info dumped at once
Synonyms
data overloadcognitive overloadinformation glutinformation excess
Antonyms
information scarcitydata shortagelack of information

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
sobrecarga de informação
Most common translation in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
excesso de informação
Alternative commonly used in São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
saturação de informação
Alternative variant sometimes used
Portugal
sobrecarga informativa
Preferred variant in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

drowning in information
information firehose
too much to take in
overwhelmed by data
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