data traffic
Digital information movement
Data traffic is the flow of digital information across a network—the bits and bytes moving between devices, servers, and users.
Network administrators monitor data traffic to identify bottlenecks or security threats.
Heavy data traffic can slow connections: The site crashed due to unexpected traffic.
The metaphor borrows from vehicle traffic on roads.
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- packetsSmall sealed portions
- packet lossFailed data delivery
- networkInterconnected system
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
congestion · rush hour · download · upload · bytes · bits per second · server · latency · throughput · router · flow · wireless · cellular · cell tower · fiber optic · broadband · megabits · throttle
- Network Trafficpackets, throughput, upload, download, congestion
- network QoSqueue management, RSVP, jitter, throughput, packet loss
- traffic typesrush hour, morning commute, evening commute
data trafficdead air
Unintended broadcast quiet
downtime · offline · disconnection · radio silence · no signal
data trafficroad traffic
Vehicles on roads
foot traffic · pedestrian traffic · air traffic · rail traffic · vehicular traffic
data, traffic, trafficking, trafficked, trafficker, traffickers