tight loop (English, noun)
expansion: tight loop (plural tight loops)
Senses:
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glosses: A loop which contains few instructions and iterates many times.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Such a loop which heavily uses I/O or processing resources, failing to adequately share them with other programs running in the operating system.
Forms:
form: tight loops
tags: plural