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Throttling Related Entries Web Links New/Updated Information Note: Many topics at this site are reduced versions of the text in "The Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications." Search results will not be as extensive as a search of the book's CD-ROM. Throttling is a term used to describe methods used by transport layer protocols to slow down a sender. The receive host may use the techniques or network devices may use throttling to avoid network congestion. See "Flow-Control Mechanisms," "Congestion Control Mechanisms," "Queuing," and "Traffic Management, Shaping, and Engineering." Copyright (c) 2001 Tom Sheldon and Big Sur Multimedia.
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