Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To be nervous or uneasy; fidget.
  • intransitive verb To make small quick jumpy movements.
  • noun A jittering movement; a tic.
  • noun A fit of nervousness. Often used with the.
  • noun An unwanted variation in an electronic or optical signal.
  • noun An unwanted variation in the arrival times of a sequence of data packets over a digital network.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun computing A program or routine that performs jitting.
  • noun A nervous action; a tic.
  • noun A state of nervousness.
  • noun telecommunications An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
  • verb intransitive To be nervous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a small irregular movement
  • noun small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps alteration of chitter.]

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jit +‎ -er

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Possibly alteration of chitter ("tremble, shiver"), from Middle English chittern ("to twitter, chatter")

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Examples

  • If the source was 25i, why changefps (23.976)? changefps will add / delete frames, so you are bound to get choppiness (maybe what you described as jitter?) it might help to post an unprocessed source sample, the ghosting might be blending frames or something else - hard to say without seeing it.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • If the source was 25i, why changefps (23.976)? changefps will add / delete frames, so you are bound to get choppiness (maybe what you described as jitter?) it might help to post an unprocessed source sample, the ghosting might be blending frames or something else - hard to say without seeing it.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • If the source was 25i, why changefps (23.976)? changefps will add / delete frames, so you are bound to get choppiness (maybe what you described as jitter?) it might help to post an unprocessed source sample, the ghosting might be blending frames or something else - hard to say without seeing it.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • If the source was 25i, why changefps (23.976)? changefps will add / delete frames, so you are bound to get choppiness (maybe what you described as jitter?) it might help to post an unprocessed source sample, the ghosting might be blending frames or something else - hard to say without seeing it.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • · Highly Customizable - Adjust size, shift gaps between elements, increase "jitter" -- each pattern has its own set of controls, all accessible through one simple palette.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • · Adjust size, shift gaps between elements, increase "jitter" -- each pattern has its own set of controls, all accessible through one simple palette.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • · Highly Customizable - Adjust size, shift gaps between elements, increase "jitter" -- each pattern has its own set of controls, all accessible through one simple palette.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • · Highly Customizable - Adjust size, shift gaps between elements, increase "jitter" -- each pattern has its own set of controls, all accessible through one simple palette.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • · Highly Customizable - Adjust size, shift gaps between elements, increase "jitter" -- each pattern has its own set of controls, all accessible through one simple palette.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010

  • For example, the chip that a DAC uses to handle the conversion many competing DACs use the same chip isn't as crucial as other factors, like the DAC's ability to mitigate an esoteric problem in digital audio known as jitter.

    Audio Alchemy in a Box Michael Hsu 2011

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