I've heard similar tones called "stutter tones" in telephony
applications.

-Mike

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Vitaliy
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:41 PM
To: piclist
Subject: [OT]: Help with finding correct English word to describe a
"warning"sound

Encouraged by Vasile's success, I decided to seek advice on this list.
:)

Say you have a device that indicates an "error" condition by quickly 
flashing the LED, and emitting a 1Khz sound that pulsates at about 4Hz 
(on/off).

In the "Troubleshooting" section of the manual, I describe the symptoms
as 
'Quickly flashing LED, "chirping" sound', but a colleague argues that 
there's nothing "chirping" about the sound. What would be a better word?

None of the alternatives suggested by thesaurus.com seem correct to me.

Vitaliy 

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