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tight loops

tight loops is the plural of tight loop.

Meaning of tight loop

Noun

tight loop (plural tight loops)

  1. A loop which contains few instructions and iterates many times.
  2. Such a loop which heavily uses I/O or processing resources, failing to adequately share them with other programs running in the operating system.

Questions about tight loops

What is tight loops the plural of?
Tight loops is the plural of tight loop.

Words near tight loops in the dictionary

  1. tight heads
  2. tight junction
  3. tight junctions
  4. tight lips
  5. tight loop
  6. tight loops
  7. tight money
  8. tight oil
  9. tight pants syndrome
  10. tight rope
  11. tight ropes

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