rate limit
API traffic ceiling
A rate limit is a restriction on how frequently an action can be performed within a given time period.
The term appears most often in computing, where servers impose rate limits to prevent abuse or overload: The API rate limit is 100 requests per minute.
To rate limit is to impose such a restriction.
When you've exceeded the threshold, you've been rate limited: I got rate limited trying to send too many messages.
Covering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
curtailment · cutback · containment · threshold · maximum · allowance · boundary · upper bound
Restricting flow or speed
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- requestsFormal expressions of want
- tokensCurrency substitutes
- endpointFinal point reached
per hour · backoff · retry · concurrency · metering · credits · allocation · exhaustion
Power flow controller
- MbpsMegabits per second
- GbpsData transmission speed unit
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- capacityMaximum amount containable
bottleneck · data cap · quality of service · buffering · data transfer · ISP · network management · broadband
cap
Covering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- quotaFixed assigned amount
rationing · curtailment · cutback · containment · threshold · maximum · allowance · boundary · upper bound
throttling
Restricting flow or speed
per hour · endpoint · backoff · retry · concurrency · metering · credits · allocation · exhaustion · pagination
throttle
Power flow controller
- MbpsMegabits per second
- GbpsData transmission speed unit
- throughputProcessing rate over time
capacity · bottleneck · data cap · quality of service · buffering · data transfer · ISP · network management · broadband · download speed
- limitsprice ceiling, debt ceiling, maximum capacity, print size, display size
- access restrictionspassword, paywall, login wall, geo-block, IP ban
- network errorsnetwork error, connection timeout, disconnected, no internet, connection refused
- limitersrestrictor, regulator, throttle, governor, brake
- Web APIsfetch, endpoint, endpoints, POST, PUT
- restrictionsban, bans, restrictions, restriction, rules
rate limitopen access
Free public scholarly content
no limits · uncapped · unthrottled · unmetered · full access
rate limitban
Official restriction on something
block · blacklist · permanent ban · IP ban · account suspension
rate limitsoft limits
Negotiable boundary markers
fair use · best effort · ban
rate, limit, rates, rated, rating, ratings, rater, raters, limits