leaky bucket

noun

An algorithm used to check whether events will gradually overflow the system's capacity, for example in a telecommunication network.

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Meanings

nounleaky bucket (plural leaky buckets)

plural leaky buckets

  1. computerAn algorithm used to check whether events will gradually overflow the system's capacity, for example in a telecommunication network.
  2. computerA counter or variable used in this algorithm, which is incremented whenever an event of interest occurs, and also periodically decremented.
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