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long polling

long polling noun: a technology where the client requests information from the server without expecting an immediate response.

Noun

long polling (uncountable)

  1. A technology where the client requests information from the server without expecting an immediate response.

Questions about long polling

What does long polling mean?
Long polling means a technology where the client requests information from the server without expecting an immediate response.
What part of speech is long polling?
Long polling is a noun.

Words near long polling in the dictionary

  1. long pigs
  2. Long Plain
  3. long player
  4. long players
  5. Long Point
  6. long polling
  7. Long Pond
  8. long pork
  9. long position
  10. long positions
  11. long posterior ciliary arteries

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