Re: Need a word for...

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

You already had it, sort of. :)

Momentary signal/connection loss is referred to as "dropout."  The delay at each 
reconnect is a just a consequence of the real problem, even though it often 
lasts longer than the LOS itself.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
> What would be a good generic word for the sort of condition where something is 
> being rapidly/frequently disconnected and keeps dutifully coming back for more 
> punishment?  I imagine there's a common english word that engineers have 
> co-opted for such a situation - perhaps a two-word phrase at most.   It's not 
> quite at the tip of my tongue - or my typing fingers.  Bugs me no end.

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