token bucket
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Noun
- {{lb|en|data structure}} A fixed-[[capacity]] [[data structure]] to which [[token]]s or [[packet]]s are added at a fixed [[rate]]; used in [[algorithm]]s to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a [[telecommunication]] [[network]].
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