blip
n.a short, sudden change in a signal or a small mistake that does not last long. You use this when something goes wrong for a moment and then goes back to normal.
n.a brief, sudden fluctuation in a signal or a minor, temporary error.
“There was a small blip in the signal, but we still received the message.”
“The system experienced a minor blip during the update, causing a few seconds of lag before everything returned to normal.”
“While the overall performance remained stable, a brief blip in the server's response time suggested that the underlying architecture might require a more robust load-balancing strategy.”
“Andrew Hunter, a co-founder of Adzuna, said: “July’s numbers are a step backwards, not a blip.”
Onomatopoeic.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.