Blip

Definitions

1. A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
2. A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
3. A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
   broadly
4. An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
   Internet, historical

Equivalents

7 more languages

Bosanskipitar

Catalàparpelleig

Češtinavýchylka

Suomipiippausvälke

Hrvatskipitar

Српскиpitar

Svenskablipppip

Examples

“When the blip began to move⟳ up the oscilloscope screen, they followed again.”

“At 6:45 pm, the chief officer saw⟳ a blip on the radar, approximately seven nautical miles away.”

“Due to the fact that she’d explored over 30% of the forest enemies were now displayed as blips on her map.”

“Blip..Blip..Blip..Blip / There was that annoying noise again. Anger entered my subconscious as the dream⟳ came to an abrupt end⟳.”

“The most popular event is Joel's computer-based biofeedback game. […] The goal is to move⟳ the balloons skyward while avoiding the rockets that the computer shoots toward the balloons. You dodge the rockets by consciously adjusting your muscle tone between relaxation and tension. […] The little "blip" sound⟳ that happens when a balloon is shot down becomes a duet with the player. "Blip" "Damn!" "Blip" "Damn!" "Blip" "Damn!"”

“There's a chance this is just a viral blip, an intermittent spike of low-level virus that just happens in people on successful HIV treatment.”

“As a cell moves through the aperture it causes a blip (a brief change⟳) in the voltage when the nonconductive cell briefly displaces the conductive medium.”

“Barack Obama had become⟳ exasperated by the propensity of the party establishment to panic at every psephological blip.”

“[…] and therefore it’s too soon to say⟳ if the supposed “long peace” we’ve been enjoying since the end⟳ of the second world war is a blip or a sustained trend.”

“When a participant has full access permissions to a wave⟳, he or she can change⟳ the contents of all blips and reply⟳ within or after blips.”

“Although the wiki-like editing capabilities of Google Wave⟳ represent⟳ a valuable feature, there is some debate⟳ about whether participants should edit other participants' blips or their own⟳ blips.”

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