jitter

  1. Noun.  A nervous action; a tic.
  2. Noun.  A state of nervousness (primarily used in the plural - often with 'the'.).
  3. Noun.  (context, telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To be nervous.
  5. Noun.  (computing) A program or routine that performs jitting.

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