backpressure
nounEtymology From back + pressure.
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Fluid dynamics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Pressure that is opposed to the desired flow of a fluid (through a duct).
- If the back pressure is decreased (p_b) an external expansion occurs, but the duct flow is unchanged. If the back pressure is increased, shocks appear external to the duct (p_c).1999, William F. Hughes, John A. Brighton, Schaum's Outline of Fluid Dynamics, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 195:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The buildup of unprocessed data due to a bottleneck; a technique to control the flow of data between producers and consumers.
- Samsara has tuneables to ensure that back-pressure can be applied so that consumers can process data at the rate they are comfortable with.2018, Jyotiswarup Raiturkar, Hands-On Software Architecture with Golang: Design and architect highly scalable and robust applications using Go, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN: