bufferbloat

English

Etymology

From buffer +‎ bloat, first attested in 2010.

Noun

bufferbloat (usually uncountable, plural bufferbloats)

  1. (networking) Excessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly during high load.
    • 2022, Kewei Sha, Aaron Striegel, Min Song, editors, Advances in Computer Communications and Networks From Green, Mobile, Pervasive Networking to Big Data Computing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 70:
      The issue about bufferbloat was first exposed by Dave P. Reed in [12]. He found large RTTs along the routes but without packet loss.
  2. (networking) Delay caused by such excessive buffering.

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