Definition of Throughput

1. Noun. Output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time).


Definition of Throughput

1. Noun. (context: operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed. ¹

2. Noun. (networking) The rate at which data is transferred through a system. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Throughput

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Throughput

throughcomposed
throughe
throughfall
throughfalls
throughfare
throughflow
throughflows
throughgang
throughgoing
throughither
throughline
throughlines
throughly
throughother
throughout
throughput (current term)
throughputs
throughs
throughway
throughways
throve
throw
throw-away
throw-aways
throw-crook
throw-crooks
throw-down
throw-in
throw-ins
throw-off

Literary usage of Throughput

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"There are other potential advantages, such as speed of throughput, ... In this system, throughput would not be a problem if profiling were done at check-in, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"But throughput these and all her longer works, the acquisition of knowledge is considered as but a means to a better understanding of the catechism. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In some cases, like our August meteors, the distribution extends throughput the orbit, with but one luminous condensation, known as the comet of 1862 III ..."

4. Review of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Process Efficacy/throughput Process efficacy/throughput deals with the ability ... Process efficacy/throughput also involves process stability, reliability, ..."

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