The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system.
The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
Reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate restriction, device, structure or configuration.