to thrash
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9.3
- verb
- /θræʃ/
- Specialized
- When the program started thrashing, it indicated that the system was overwhelmed and could not efficiently manage data.
Examples
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By the time the next Android version comes out, Samsung will still be on Step 0 trying to figure out if it would be good to update "Nexus Two" or just thrash it.
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The Internet thrashes media and so on.
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Personally, I think OSX makes better use of a processor and RAM than Windows, and Windows loves to thrash your hard drive.
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You can sometimes get into situations where an M-V-C triplet will thrash forever between two different values for one of the Model's properties.
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It was thrashed for a more aggressive 27.2% slide in the Oct. 14 regular session.
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It’s not just a seven-story-tall black wave about to engulf your town, it’s a complete system thrashing out of control...
Academic text (2016) -
My computer began to thrash when too many applications were running at the same time, causing delays in processing.
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After changing the settings, I noticed that the software stopped thrashing and started functioning smoothly.
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the computer sense of thrash is to think of the original 'to beat' idea (like thresh) — the machine is busy 'beating' its memory back and forth and so it works very slowly.