backoff
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Meaning
- noun The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
a backoff strategy to avoid collisions
- noun The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
Similar words
backpressure backtracking failback backstepping backjumping workaround backjump copyback fall-through storeback
Often followed by
algorithm time counter timer period is interval procedure window
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