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busy-wait
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programming To wait for an event by spinning through a
tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on
each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and
continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a
wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems
where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.