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  • adjective computer science Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information

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burst +‎ -y

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Examples

  • According to an upcoming report by the DASH7 Alliance, which ReadWriteWeb got an early peak at, DASH7 is typically used for applications requiring low power, "bursty" wireless communication.

    ReadWriteWeb Richard MacManus 2010

  • Ticketing is by its nature a "bursty" business - ninety percent of the company's activity takes place when a ticket "on-sale" event occurs.

    No Jitter 2009

  • I / O optimizations make Exchange less "bursty" and better suited to desktop-class SATA drives;

    Reseller News 2009

  • Rather than occurring randomly, they came in a characteristic "bursty" distribution over time; days of extreme violence were clustered as well.

    ScienceNOW Richard Kerr 2009

  • Generally speaking, clouds tend to be most cost effective in situations involving "bursty"

    Betanews 2009

  • "bursty" amounts of traffic, and there are countless other uses business can deploy.

    Wireless Week Headline News 2009

  • Transplanted Brooklynite Allie Alvarado now calls the D.C. area home, and she is quickly gaining buzz for her bright, bursty electro-pop songs, which she performs under the moniker Painted Face.

    Getting Up Guide: Pay tribute to Tony Hawk, Robert Johnson Alex Baldinger 2011

  • Servers hosting scores of VMs create unpredictable traffic patterns, especially when running bursty applications such as streaming video and storage, Force10 says.

    Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch 2010

  • 'Stylo' is nice, but a little one note depending, that is to say, perhaps a touch too much on the expression tension between Albarn's weary half-sung portion and Womack's lung-bursty yodelling.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • 'Stylo' is nice, but a little one note depending, that is to say, perhaps a touch too much on the expression tension between Albarn's weary half-sung portion and Womack's lung-bursty yodelling.

    Gorillaz, Plastic Beach (2010) Adam Roberts 2010

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