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2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
lost in the noise
2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
adj. Syn. lost in the underflow. This term is from signal processing, where
signals of very small amplitude cannot be separated from low-intensity noise
in the system. Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to
hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it.