throttling
Limiting flow deliberately
Throttling is the act of restricting or regulating flow.
Originally physical—to throttle someone is to choke them by squeezing the throat—the word now appears most often in technical contexts.
In computing, throttling limits bandwidth or processing speed to prevent overload: The ISP is throttling my connection.
Engine throttling controls fuel flow.
The participial form works as noun or adjective: bandwidth throttling, CPU throttling.
Death by neck compression
- chokingBlocked airway condition
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
- strangleholdOppressive, unbreakable control
gripping · squeezing · smothering · compression · tightening · clamping · garroting · neck
Data transmission capacity
- rate-limitingConstraining maximum throughput
- ISPWeb access company
- networkInterconnected system
- latencyDelay in system response
metering · oversubscription · congestion · API · requests · streaming · buffering · speed limits
Fluid flow controller
- fuelEnergy source material
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- intakeAmount received or consumed
airflow · combustion · RPM · governor · idle · power · revving · pedal
strangulation
Death by neck compression
- chokingBlocked airway condition
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
stranglehold · gripping · squeezing · smothering · compression · tightening · clamping · garroting · neck · airway
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- rate-limitingConstraining maximum throughput
- ISPWeb access company
- networkInterconnected system
latency · metering · oversubscription · congestion · API · requests · streaming · buffering · speed limits · packet
valve
Fluid flow controller
- fuelEnergy source material
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
intake · airflow · combustion · RPM · governor · idle · power · revving · pedal · cable
- internet problemsslow connection, lag, buffering, no signal, weak signal
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- glitchesglitch, bug, error, malfunction, flaw
- internet servicebroadband, modem, router, download, upload
throttlingunrestricted
Having no limitations
unthrottled · full-throttle · wide-open · accelerating · unleashing
throttlingreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · freeing · loosening · unchoking · liberating
throttlingunmetered
Not measured by usage
uncapped · prioritizing · fast-tracking · expediting · net neutrality
- throttling downReducing engine power deliberately
throat, throttle, throttled, throttles, throttler, full-throttle