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backoffs

backoffs is the plural of backoff.

Meaning of backoff

Noun

backoff (countable and uncountable, plural backoffs)

  1. The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
    • a backoff strategy to avoid collisions
  2. The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
    • The surfer is in the middle of a backoff. Paddle for unbroken waves butterfly-style, with both arms at the same time, instead of using the crawl stroke that got you out to where the waves are breaking.1997, James MacLaren, Learn to Surf, page 82

Questions about backoffs

What is backoffs the plural of?
Backoffs is the plural of backoff.

Words near backoffs in the dictionary

  1. backmutation
  2. backmutations
  3. backne
  4. backness
  5. backoff
  6. backoffs
  7. backorder
  8. backordered
  9. backordering
  10. backorders
  11. backout

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