Buzz

Buzz

A buzz can be a rapidly oscillating two-tone noise caused by vibration or other source, such as that produced by bees or wasps. It can also refer to a generally excited hubbub, or background noise - i.e. a crowd at a sports event can "buzz."

Buzz may also refer to:

In media:
*"Buzz" (comic), a British comic that ran in the 1970s
*"Buzz" (TV series), a Canadian comedy television series
*"Buzz" (film), a 1998 Israeli film by Eli Cohen
*"Buzz" (album), a 2000 album by British pop group, Steps
*"Buzz" (Guardian album), a 1995 album from Christian rock band, Guardian
*Buzz (band), a Korean pop/punk/ballad band
*Buzz and the Flyers, a US neorockabilly band in the 1980s
*"Buzz Out Loud", a podcast produced by CNET starring Molly Wood and Tom Merritt
*Da Buzz, a Swedish pop music group
*"Buzz!", a series of quiz video games
*Buzz (Keller Williams album), a 1996 album by Keller Williams
*"Buzz" (Christian magazine), a British Christian magazine founded in the 1970s.

In technology::
*Jeskola Buzz, a modular software music studio environment
*Aeroelasticity or Flutter
*Yahoo! Buzz, a community launched by Yahoo! that publishes user posted news stories

Other:
*Buzz (airline), a discount airline formerly operating in Europe
*Buzz cut, American name for a type of haircut where the hair is sheared very closely to the scalp
*Buzz number, letter and number combination applied to U.S. Air Force aircraft after World War II
*Bizz buzz, a group word game
*Salt Lake Buzz, former name of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team

Buzz may also be:
*Marketing buzz, a term used in word of mouth marketing
* Experiencing intoxication from drugsPeople with the name Buzz:
*Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), American pilot and astronaut, second person to set foot on the Moon
*George Beurling (1921–1948), Canadian World War II fighter pilot nicknamed "Buzz"
*Buzz Hargrove (born 1944), National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union
*Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality
*Buzz Osborne (born 1964), guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, founding member of The Melvins
*J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967), American forensic psychologist and journalist
*Buzz, a host of the American children's television series "ZOOM"

Fictional characters with the name Buzz:
*Buzz (mascot), mascot of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
*Buzz Lightyear, from the "Toy Story" animated movies
*Buzzbee, official mascot of the breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios
*Buzz, from the "Donkey Kong" video game series
*Buzz Buzz, from the Super Nintendo game "EarthBound"
*Buzz, a Neopet from an online virtual pet site
*Buzz McCallister, from the "Home Alone" movie trilogy
*Buzz Buzzard, nemesis of Woody Woodpecker

See also:
*The Buzz
*"Bzzz!", a relationship TV game show that aired from 1996-1998
*buzzkill


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