Buzz

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 - i.e. a crowd at a sports event can "buzz."

Buzz may also refer to:

In media:

• Buzz (comic), 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 (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.

In technology::

• Jeskola Buzz, a modular software music studio environment
• Aeroelasticity or Flutter
• Yahoo! Buzz, a community launched by Yahoo! that publishes user posted news stories

Other:

• Buzz (airline), a discount airline formerly operating in Europe
• Buzz cut, American name for a type of haircut where 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
• Bizz buzz, a group word game
• Salt Lake Buzz, former name of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team

Buzz may also be:

• Marketing buzz, a term used in word of mouth marketing
• Experiencing intoxication from drugs

People with the name Buzz:

• 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, a host of the American children's television series ZOOM

Fictional characters with the name Buzz:

• 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

See also:

• The Buzz
• Bzzz!, a relationship TV game show that aired from 1996-1998
• buzzkill