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rate limiting

rate limiting noun: the process of limiting the number of requests made to a server so as to avoid overloading it.

Noun

rate limiting (uncountable)

  1. The process of limiting the number of requests made to a server so as to avoid overloading it.

Questions about rate limiting

What does rate limiting mean?
Rate limiting means the process of limiting the number of requests made to a server so as to avoid overloading it.
What part of speech is rate limiting?
Rate limiting is a noun.

Words near rate limiting in the dictionary

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

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