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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.
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(1999-06-10)
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