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throwbox

throwbox noun: a stationary access point used to forward data in a delay-tolerant network.

Noun

throwbox (plural throwboxes)

  1. A stationary access point used to forward data in a delay-tolerant network.
    • We identify that an information dissemination technique that exploits the throwbox infrastructure can cover only a fixed number of popular places irrespective of the time spent.2016, Sudipta Saha, Animesh Mukherjee, Niloy Ganguly, “Coverage analysis of information dissemination in throwbox-augmented DTN”, in arXiv

Forms of throwbox

pluralthrowboxes

Origin of throwbox

From throw + box.

Questions about throwbox

What does throwbox mean?
Throwbox means a stationary access point used to forward data in a delay-tolerant network.
What part of speech is throwbox?
Throwbox is a noun.
What is the plural of throwbox?
The plural of throwbox is throwboxes.

Words near throwbox in the dictionary

  1. throwball
  2. throwboard
  3. throwboards
  4. throwbot
  5. throwbots
  6. throwbox
  7. throwboxes
  8. throwdown
  9. throwdowns
  10. throwe
  11. throwed

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