silly window syndrome

noun

A problem in data transmission, where a server, unable to process all incoming data, repeatedly asks the clients to reduce the size of the packets they are sending — to the point where all packets become extremely small ("tinygrams") and transmission becomes inefficient.

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Meanings

nounsilly window syndrome (uncountable)
  1. InternetuncountableA problem in data transmission, where a server, unable to process all incoming data, repeatedly asks the clients to reduce the size of the packets they are sending — to the point where all packets become extremely small ("tinygrams") and transmission becomes inefficient.
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