Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Output or production, as of a computer program, over a period of time.
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- noun operations The
rate ofproduction ; the rate at which something can be processed. - noun networking The rate at which
data is transferred through a system.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
Etymologies
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Examples
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While network may improve another other of magnitude in throughput, it is certain that data sets will grow two or more orders of magnitude in the same period of time.
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Just yesterday (Thu, May 12) I noticed a big bump in throughput, so I ran the speed tests you've linked to again.
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A cost-efficient and robust two transmitter solution in 20 MHz achieving 100 Mbps throughput is feasible, it says in a. pdf here, going on:
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I was blown away -- there are thousands of MP3s that I want there, and the throughput is stellar, nearly 100kps on my DSL connection.
Boing Boing: November 25, 2001 - December 1, 2001 Archives 2001
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The project is supported by a long-term throughput agreement and we expect it to be accretive to cash available through KMP unitholders upon its completion.
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In similar fashion to the Partnership's existing marine terminal operations, MMLP has entered into a long-term throughput agreement with MRMC for use of the Assets.
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The project is supported by a long-term throughput agreement with a credit worthy shipper and is expected to be accretive to cash available to KMP unitholders upon completion.
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As part of the transaction, the Valley Forge, Pa., partnership executed a long-term throughput agreement to supply propane for its retail operations.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2008
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“If you will bear with me, sir, for just a few moments longer,” said Murphy, “let’s go back to the word throughput.”
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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“If you will bear with me, sir, for just a few moments longer,” said Murphy, “let’s go back to the word throughput.”
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
rolig commented on the word throughput
"Here at Costco it is possible to see the enormous throughput of the economy—its capacity to mobilize resources and energy and turn out waste. One store manager, on the floor for fourteen years, tells me he has seen eight pallets of paper towels move out the door in a single day. . . . I can hear the sound of chain saws laying off as falling trees cut the air somewhere high in the Cascades."
— Steven Stoll, "Fear of Fallowing: The Specter of a No-Growth World," Harper's Magazine (March 2008).
March 13, 2008
middlesmith commented on the word throughput
Universities have begun using this word to describe a department's number of grads. At my old school, the philosophy department is suffering from low throughput and may get axed.
May 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word throughput
Wow. This word is fairly barfmaking.
May 26, 2009