Definition of "throttling" []

• Present participle of throttle. (verb)
• The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate. Used to minimise congestion. Also known as bandwidth throttling. (noun)

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• "But throttling is just a stopgap measure because unlike telephone data, Internet transmissions are growing exponentially!"
• "Source throttling is indeed a legitimate traffic engineering technique."
• "Defense played well, especially in throttling the Bengals at times."