lossage = L = lost in the underflow

lost in the noise adj.

Syn. lost in the underflow. This term is from signal processing, where signals of very small amplitude cannot be separated from low-intensity noise in the system. Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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