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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>buzz</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="busy-wait.html" title="busy-wait"/><link rel="next" href="buzzword-compliant.html" title="buzzword-compliant"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">buzz</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="busy-wait.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="buzzword-compliant.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="buzz"/><dt xmlns="" id="buzz"><b>buzz</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Of a program, to run with no indication of progress and perhaps
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without guarantee of ever finishing; esp. said of programs thought to be
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executing tight loops of code. A program that is buzzing appears to be
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<a href="../C/catatonic.html"><i class="glossterm">catatonic</i></a>, but never gets out of catatonia, while a
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buzzing loop may eventually end of its own accord. “<span class="quote">The program
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buzzes for about 10 seconds trying to sort all the names into
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order.</span>” See <a href="../S/spin.html"><i class="glossterm">spin</i></a>; see also
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<a href="../G/grovel.html"><i class="glossterm">grovel</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed circuit trace for
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continuity, esp. by applying an AC rather than DC signal. Some wire faults
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will pass DC tests but fail an AC buzz test. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. To process an array or list in sequence, doing the same thing to
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each element. “<span class="quote">This loop buzzes through the tz array looking for a
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terminator type.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="busy-wait.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="buzzword-compliant.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">busy-wait </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> buzzword-compliant</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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