waitloop
nounUK /ˈweɪtluːp/
US /ˈweɪtluːp/
A waitloop is a set of steps a computer repeats while it waits for something to happen.
The program stayed in a waitloop until the user pressed a key.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A repeated check in code that keeps testing a condition until it becomes true.
The waitloop checked every second whether the download had finished.
3. A busy-wait in which a processor keeps running without doing useful work.
That waitloop wastes CPU time instead of sleeping.
4. Any repeated cycle of waiting in a process or workflow.
Our approval process turned into a waitloop with no clear exit.