what does throughput mean?

THROUGHPUT as NOUN

Meaning
- output relative to input
- the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
Hypernyms(s) throughput is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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