"token bucket" meaning in English

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        "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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          "packet",
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        "(computing theory) 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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        "(computing theory) 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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