RE: Need a word for...

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

John Posada [mailto:jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com] suggested:

> > Once again, I'm turning to the Techwr-l 
> "reverse-lookup-dictionary" for a term that I'm pretty sure 
> exists, but which is eluding me at present.
> >
> > Is there a general, or engineering, term for a condition 
> where something is dropped/stopped and retries/resumes, but 
> it happens so frequently and rapidly that it's annoying (or a 
> drag on resources)?
> 
> Churn?

Bingo!

That one hits the spot, with just the right negative connotation 
(one recognized by anybody who ever worked for a cell-phone carrier 
or other subscription-based service... ) 

Honorable mention to Gene who came up with the same word, but his 
post arrived twenty minutes later. 

Thank you kindly.


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