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.

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