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throughput Definition

through·put (t̸hro̵̅o̅′po̵ot′)

noun

the amount of material put through a process in a given period, as by a computer

throughput Telecom Definition
  1. The total amount of data that can be processed by, passed through, or otherwise put through a system or system element when operating at maximum capacity. The measurement is in data units per unit of time, such as bits, bytes, blocks, cells, frames, or packets per second.
  2. The amount of useful data, user data, or payload that can be processed by, passed through, or otherwise put through a system or system element when operating at maximum capacity. In this sense, overhead, i.e., signaling and control data, is of no relevance except for the fact that it reduces the payload and, therefore, the throughput. Throughput is always less than bandwidth. In other words, the transmission rate, or data rate, is always less than the signaling rate. See also bandwidth, goodput, and overhead.
throughput Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • ton: Coventry airport would reach a maximum throughput of 0.25 million tons by 2030 under the SEC scenario.
  • liter: At the end of 1992 Esso supplied 2338 sites with an average throughput of 2.9m liters with an estimated 19 % market share.

Converse of object

  • maximize: To maximize throughput, use the highest bandwidth available.
  • maximize: The LDA system allows up to two trains to be cleaned at the same time on either side of the platform to maximize throughput.
  • optimize: With up to 3000 cards per hour, SCP 5600 will dramatically optimize throughput.

Adjective modifier

  • maintainable: Example; Adopted maintainable throughput - 5 million liters.
  • gigabit: The millimeter wave electric company technology has been dubbed " wireless optics " since it provides gigabit high-speed throughput between transmission sites.
  • high-speed: The millimeter wave electric company technology has been dubbed " wireless optics " since it provides gigabit high-speed throughput between transmission sites.
  • maximum: Coventry airport would reach a maximum throughput of 0.25 million tons by 2030 under the SEC scenario.
  • increased: On many systems, it also provides increased data throughput of anywhere from 5 % to 50 % .
  • actual: Out of the 11 MB provided for in 802.11b, you might get 6 1/2 MB of actual throughput.

Modifies a noun

  • genotyping: The Genome Center, based at Charterhouse Square, provides high throughput genotyping using ABI 3700 and ABI 7900 systems.
  • slaughterhouse: Most large throughput slaughterhouses already rotate their staff as a matter of course.
  • crystallography: These characteristics are required for high throughput protein crystallography, where samples of unknown quality will arrive for screening and immediate data collection.
  • screening: This book covers a range of Cell Imaging techniques from calcium imaging to high throughput screening.
  • assay: These studies are aimed at developing high throughput assay procedures.

Noun used with modifier

  • TCP: New implementations of TCP rely on the theory that the loss rate is proportional to the TCP throughput.
  • firewall: The Cisco PIX 501 Firewall provides 10 Mbps of firewall throughput and 3 Mbps of 3DES VPN throughput.
  • slit: Slit throughputs for the three different f/6 slit widths are presented in the following table as a function of image quality.
  • data: Greater character density allows better data throughput than ASCII for the same baud rate.