throwbox

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noun

A stationary access point used to forward data in a delay-tolerant network.

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Meanings

nounthrowbox (plural throwboxes)

plural throwboxes

  1. communicationsA 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

Origin

From throw + box.

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APA

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“throwbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throwbox. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throwbox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throwbox.

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