overloaded node?

From: didds (didds2_at_excite.com)
Date: 10/13/05 

Date: 13 Oct 2005 05:36:20 -0700

a colleague just used the term "overloaded nodes". I havenmt; the
foggiest what he means!

wjat is an "overloaded node"?

All I can think of is that the node is a server (or service) that has
more queries to deal with than it can handle and so is "overloaded" ?

didds