# polling

Pronunciation: say "POHL-ing" US /ˈpoʊlɪŋ/, UK /ˈpəʊlɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of collecting people's opinions by asking a set of questions.
   - Simple: The act of asking many people what they think about something.
   - _Frequent polling helped the network predict how the debate would land._
   - _Polling before the launch revealed which features customers cared about most._
2. The process of casting votes in an election.
   - Simple: The act of casting votes during an election.
   - _Polling closed at eight, and the count began an hour later._
   - _Officials extended polling after long lines formed at several stations._
3. A technique in which a system repeatedly checks a peripheral or service to see whether it has data ready to transfer.
   - Simple: A way for a computer to keep checking a device to see if it has new data to send.
   - _The driver relies on polling to detect when the printer is ready._
   - _Polling keeps the processor busy even when no new input arrives._

## Verb

4. Present participle of poll. — present participle and gerund of poll
   - Simple: Present participle of poll. Use this form when the action is happening right now.
   - _Researchers are polling residents about the proposed highway._
   - _The station kept polling listeners throughout the broadcast._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/polling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).