polling

noun — 3 senses

polling

noun
1

The action of taking a poll.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.

3

Government, Politics the process of voting in an election.

Derived terms
long polling, polling booth, polling day, polling place, polling station, prepolling, push polling, telepolling

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