tight loop

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|programming}} A [[loop]] which contains few [[machine instruction|instruction]]s and [[iterate]]s many times.
2. {{lb|en|programming}} Such a loop which heavily uses [[I/O]] or [[central processing unit|processing]] resources, failing to adequately share them with other programs running in the [[operating system]].

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