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buzz
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vi. 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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catatonic , but never gets out of catatonia, while a buzzing loop may
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eventually end of its own accord. The program buzzes for about 10 seconds
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trying to sort all the names into order. See spin ; see also grovel.
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2. [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed circuit trace for continuity,
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esp. by applying an AC rather than DC signal. Some wire faults will pass
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DC tests but fail an AC buzz test.
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3. To process an array or list in sequence, doing
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the same thing to each element. This loop buzzes through the tz array
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looking for a terminator type.
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4. To attempt to generate interest in your project by hyping it on social
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media. "buzzing the project"
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5. A failed social media project by Google, which turned into a privacy
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disaster when it automatically published all the user's email contacts
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without consent. |