"debounce" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈbaʊns/ [UK] Forms: debounces [present, singular, third-person], debouncing [participle, present], debounced [participle, past], debounced [past]
Etymology: de- + bounce Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|bounce}} de- + bounce Head templates: {{en-verb}} debounce (third-person singular simple present debounces, present participle debouncing, simple past and past participle debounced)
  1. (electronics) To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (electronics: to remove the small ripple of current): entprellen (German)
    Sense id: en-debounce-en-verb-F5QXybRR Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 51 49 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'electronics: to remove the small ripple of current': 92 8
  2. (programming, by extension) To discard events or signals that should not be processed because they occurred too close together. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-debounce-en-verb-Zsp2KmL2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 51 49 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: keybounce

Inflected forms

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