token buckets

A form of token bucket — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of token bucket
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