Definition & Meaning | English word BUFFERBLOAT

Definitions of BUFFERBLOAT

1. (networking) Excessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly during high load.
2. (networking) Delay caused by such excessive buffering.

Examples of Using BUFFERBLOAT in a Sentence

• Dropping packets is undesirable as the packet is either lost or must be retransmitted and this can impact real-time throughput; however, increasing the buffer size can lead to bufferbloat which has its own impact on latency and jitter during congestion.
• Since the continuation of a TCP download stream depends on acknowledgement (ACK) packets in the upload stream, a bufferbloat problem in the upload can cause failure of other non-related download applications, because the client ACK packets do not timely reach the internet server.

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