backpressure

English

Alternative forms

• back pressure

Etymology

back +‎ pressure

Noun

backpressure (countable and uncountable, plural backpressures)

1. (fluid dynamics) Pressure that is opposed to the flow of a fluid.
2. (computing) The buildup of unprocessed data due to a bottleneck.

Translations

opposed pressure

• Finnish: vastapaine
• Irish: frithbhrú m