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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>poll</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="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="poke.html" title="poke"/><link rel="next" href="polygon-pusher.html" title="polygon pusher"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">poll</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="poke.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="polygon-pusher.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="poll"/><dt xmlns="" id="poll"><b>poll</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.,n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [techspeak] The action of checking the status of an input line,
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sensor, or memory location to see if a particular external event has been
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registered. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To repeatedly call or check with someone: “<span class="quote">I keep polling
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him, but he's not answering his phone; he must be swapped out.</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 3. To ask. “<span class="quote">Lunch? I poll for a takeout order
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daily.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="poke.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="polygon-pusher.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">poke </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> polygon pusher</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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