Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

token bucket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
to-ken buck-et
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.

Inflected Forms

token buckets (plural)

Phrases

leaky bucket

Frequently Paired Words

leaky bucket

Questions

What does token bucket mean?
A fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.

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