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bufferbloats

bufferbloats is the plural of bufferbloat.

Meaning of bufferbloat

Noun

bufferbloat (usually uncountable, plural bufferbloats)

  1. (usually) Excessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly during high load.
    • The issue about bufferbloat was first exposed by Dave P. Reed in [12]. He found large RTTs along the routes but without packet loss.2022, Kewei Sha, Aaron Striegel, Min Song, editors, Advances in Computer Communications and Networks From Green, Mobile, Pervasive Networking to Big Data Computing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 70
  2. (usually) Delay caused by such excessive buffering.

Questions about bufferbloats

What is bufferbloats the plural of?
Bufferbloats is the plural of bufferbloat.

Words near bufferbloats in the dictionary

  1. buffer zones
  2. bufferable
  3. bufferbeam
  4. bufferbeams
  5. bufferbloat
  6. bufferbloats
  7. bufferdom
  8. buffered
  9. buffered up
  10. bufferedness
  11. bufferful

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