English Explanatory Dictionary

backoff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
  2. The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.

Word forms

backoff backoffs

Etymology

Deverbal from back off.

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