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token bucket

token bucket noun: a fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.

Noun

token bucket (plural token buckets)

  1. A fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.

Forms of token bucket

pluraltoken buckets

Questions about token bucket

What does token bucket mean?
Token bucket means a fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.
What part of speech is token bucket?
Token bucket is a noun.
What is the plural of token bucket?
The plural of token bucket is token buckets.

Words near token bucket in the dictionary

  1. Tokelau
  2. Tokelau Islands
  3. Tokelauan
  4. Tokelauans
  5. token
  6. token bucket
  7. token buckets
  8. token economies
  9. token economy
  10. token money
  11. token moneys

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