When a computer microphone (Generally a USB headset microphone) begins to act strangely during an online conversation, generating unwanted audio artifacts such as an echo, or buzzing, causing the person using the microphone to sound like a
Cylon. Cyloning can usually be fixed by simply unplugging the microphone and
plugging it back in. The term was coined by tech journalist
Leo Laporte
Dwight: H-ZZZ-WWZZZ-AWAWZZZ-ZZZ
Leo: Dwight, you're Cyloning!
Dwight: ZZZ-OOOH N-ZZZ-OOOOOOOO