Usually means: No communication for a period.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word radio silence:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. radio silence: Merriam-Webster
  2. radio silence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. radio silence: Collins English Dictionary
  4. radio silence: Wiktionary
  5. Radio Silence (Talib Kweli album), Radio Silence (band), Radio Silence (song), Radio silence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. radio silence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. radio silence: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Radio silence: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (radio silence)

noun:  (radio) A status maintained where all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands).
noun:  (radio) The period of time during which this status exists.
noun:  (figurative) A period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization, especially when such communication would normally be expected.

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