TIGHT LOOP

Domain	Definition
Computing	Tight loop A loop of code that executes without releasing any resources to other programs or the operating system. Consider the following pointless BASIC loop that counts upwards indefinitely 10 i = i + 1 20 GOTO 10 Run on a single-user system such as MS-DOS this will not cause any problems. Run on a cooperative multitasking operating system such as Windows 3, the system would appear to freeze. A pre-emptive multitasking operating system such as UNIX or Windows NT would "steal" cycles away from the program and continue to run other programs. See also busy-wait and multitasking. (1999-05-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Anagrams: TIGHT LOOP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-o-o-p-t-t"
	-2 letters: otolith.
	-3 letters: oolith, photog, plight, tholoi.
	-4 letters: igloo, light, litho, logoi, lotto, photo, pilot, polio, potto, thiol, tight, tilth, tooth, tophi, topoi.
	-5 letters: gilt, glop, goop, hilt, holp, holt, hoop, hoot, logo, loop, loot, loth, loti, olio, otto, phot, pith, plot, polo, pooh, pool, thio, tilt, toil, toit, tool, toot, toph, topi.
	Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-o-o-p-t-t"
	+2 letters: pathologist.
	+3 letters: pathologists.
	+4 letters: herpetologist.
	+5 letters: anthropologist, herpetologists, histopathology, photobiologist, photogeologist.
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