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noise generator

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noun

  1. a device used in synthesizers to produce high-frequency sound effects

  2. a generator of electronic noise used to test equipment

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One person said their child has asked to use another white noise generator instead of a Google Nest Hub.

From The Verge

Belgium research engineer Stéphane Pigeon, who created Office Noise Generator, told the BBC: "When the pandemic hit and people started to work from home, I released an office noise generator, really as a joke. I didn't think anyone would listen."

From BBC

Fred Wordie, who created the noise generator, told the BBC: "As of this morning, we have had 1.2 million visits. From the UK we have had 50,000 visits."

From BBC

Mr Hewson found one called Office Noise Generator which he says helped.

From BBC

“It is really the difference between a $100 million, 10,000-qubit quantum computer being a random noise generator or the most powerful computer in the world,” says Chad Rigetti, a physicist and co-founder of Rigetti Computing.

From Science Magazine