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buzz

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1.buzz - Of a program, to run with no indication of progress and perhaps without guarantee of ever finishing; especially said of programs thought to be executing a tight loop 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.buzz - [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed circuit trace for continuity by applying an AC rather than DC signal. Some wire faults will pass DC tests but fail a buzz test.
3.buzz - 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."


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A monster of a bee had been wandering overhead--buzz, buzz, buzz--now among the leaves, now flashing through the strips of sunshine, and now lost in the dark shade, till finally he appeared to be settling on the eyelid of David Swan.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
As the rumor that a "three-figure" pocket- handkerchief was to be at the ball, had preceded my appearance, a general buzz announced my arrival in the salle a manger-salons.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Don't you know what it is to feel a buzz, buzz, buzzing inside?
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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