buzz

vi. 1. Of a program, to run with no indication of progress and perhaps
without guarantee of ever finishing; esp. said of programs thought to be
executing tight loops of code. A program that is buzzing appears to be
catatonic , but never gets out of catatonia, while a buzzing loop may
eventually end of its own accord. The program buzzes for about 10 seconds
trying to sort all the names into order. See spin ; see also grovel.

2. [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed circuit trace for continuity,
esp. by applying an AC rather than DC signal. Some wire faults will pass
DC tests but fail an AC buzz test.

3. To process an array or list in sequence, doing
the same thing to each element. This loop buzzes through the tz array
looking for a terminator type.

4. To attempt to generate interest in your project by hyping it on social
media. "buzzing the project"

5. A failed social media project by Google, which turned into a privacy
disaster when it automatically published all the user's email contacts
without consent.