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rate limiter

rate limiter noun: a piece of software that performs rate limiting.

Noun

rate limiter (plural rate limiters)

  1. A piece of software that performs rate limiting.
    • These scammers are creating multiple accounts with our name and image. They are free to comment on as many videos as they physically can simply because YouTube’s system has no comment rate limiter.2022 April 24, “YouTube comments have a big spam problem”, in GSMArena

Forms of rate limiter

pluralrate limiters

Questions about rate limiter

What does rate limiter mean?
Rate limiter means a piece of software that performs rate limiting.
What part of speech is rate limiter?
Rate limiter is a noun.
What is the plural of rate limiter?
The plural of rate limiter is rate limiters.

Words near rate limiter in the dictionary

  1. rate constant
  2. rate constants
  3. rate equation
  4. rate equations
  5. rate limit
  6. rate limiter
  7. rate limiters
  8. rate limiting
  9. rate limits
  10. rate of change
  11. rate of climb

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