"token bucket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: token buckets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} token bucket (plural token buckets)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Theory of computing Related terms: leaky bucket

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