busy wait - Computer Science. a form of waiting for an event, such as completion of an I/O operation, by repeatedly issuing instructions to test its status and waiting in a loop until the event has occurred; so called because this form of waiting keeps the CPU busy. ; дс тдрлими цюлютдажкию дроемжки аиакиохдйис лидр http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/def/1/5/9/9/1599500.html;