Present participle of fuzz: the act of making something fuzzy, unclear, or distorted.
Present participle formation (-ing) from fuzz, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Low German or Scandinavian words.
In cybersecurity, 'fuzzing' is a technique where programmers send random or malformed data to software to find hidden bugs and vulnerabilities—it's named after the fuzz or noise that breaks things, and it's saved countless systems from crashing!
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