Buzz

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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 — see for example marketing buzz.

Buzz may also refer to:

Media

Buzz (DC Thomson), 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 (Steps 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.
The Buzz, from Highlander: The Series. It describes the mutual feeling between immortals, when they are close to each other.

Technology

Jeskola Buzz, a modular software music studio environment
Aeroelasticity or flutter
Buzz!, a series of quiz video games
Yahoo! Buzz, a community launched by Yahoo! that publishes user-posted news stories
Google Buzz, a social update mechanism integrated into various Google products.
AT&T Buzz at http://buzz.com, a social networking site

People

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 Cusick (born 2009), winner of cutest dog ever award.

Fictional characters

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

Other

Buzz (airline), a discount airline formerly operating in Europe
Buzz cut, American name for a type of haircut in which 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
Buzz (dinghy), a sailing dinghy
Bizz buzz, a group word game
Salt Lake Buzz, former name of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team
Marketing buzz, a term used in word of mouth marketing
Intoxication from drugs
Buzz Cola, a fictional cola drink on The Simpsons
In aviation to buzz is to swoop an airplane low to the ground; to threaten a ground position by swooping down it.