lost in the noise

2 definitions found

lost in the noise - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  lost in the noise
  
     Synonym 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.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

lost in the noise - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.