The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
Used in a Sentence
throttling
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for throttling.
Editorial note
Do we need messages telling us that the ISP is throttling us or logging too?
Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of throttling gathered in one view.
Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system.
Reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate restriction, device, structure or configuration.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for throttling.
noun
The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
See also: choking, strangling, strangulation
noun
Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system.
See also: choking, strangling, strangulation
noun
Reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate restriction, device, structure or configuration.
See also: choking, strangling, strangulation
Example sentences
Do we need messages telling us that the ISP is throttling us or logging too?
The A57 is a power-hungry design that has faced major problems with thermal throttling in many designs.
The problem is exacerbated in the mobile context where the OS is throttling the number of simultaneous requests, this is why apps that are little slow on desktop become unbearable on mobile.
That may be, but I've pegged both and not noticed it throttling in a way that harmed performance.
The problems are caused by Youtube's extremely heavy throttling and also the rules that Youtube sets on client side buffering, not Flash.
Your attack surface would mainly be P2P blocking in countries that don't like the cut of your jib or throttling from ISPs.
There are also many performance compromises in Safari because of all the throttling.
They did some throttling, but my tunnel back to the States fixed that.
Look into Power Options, as well as CPU throttling and turning off cores if the extra Watt usage is that much of a bother.
They will also set up a workaround for Bell's throttling if you ask them (it involves a fake multilink PPP login, without the second line).
Might be the CPU throttling due to heat.
A VPZn should get around Sprint's idiocy in throttling video to 600k meaning once you add in audio, 320 is probably the best resolution you will be getting.
Quote examples
That's a fair point: I didn't read the original suggestion to mean, "Your ISP acts as an agent to manage your paid site subscriptions" -- which, you're right, has nothing to do with net neutrality -- I just instantly jumped to the blocking/throttling conclusion.
> (Side note: why does it have to be that you never hear someone say, "I love my cable/phone/internet company, you should sign up with them."?) I've heard that about TekSavvy DSL in Canada, but they are reliant on Bell which controls the last-mile copper and started throttling even 3rd-party providers 1.5+ years ago.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use throttling in a sentence?
Do we need messages telling us that the ISP is throttling us or logging too?
What does throttling mean?
The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
What part of speech is throttling?
throttling is commonly used as noun.