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Flow control
Meaning
Noun
●
In Networking:
The management of the
data
transmission
rate between two
nodes
to
prevent
a
fast
sender
from
outrunning
a
slow
receiver.
●
In American English:
Laws,
regulations
, and economic
incentives
or
disincentives
used by
waste
managers
to
direct
waste
generated
in a specific
geographic
area to a
designated
landfill
,
recycling
, or
waste
-to-energy facility.
●
In American English & Aviation:
The
practice
of
holding
aircraft
on the ground
in
anticipation
of
congestion
at
destination
airspace
and airports.
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