The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word JITTER
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What does JITTER mean?
JITTER noun- A nervous action; a tic.
- (chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.
- An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
- (data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
- To be nervous.
- (data visualization) To randomly position of data points to avoid visual overlap.
- A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.