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Backpressure

A strategy for managing data flows where a receiving system signals the sending system to slow down data transmission.

Definition

A strategy for managing data flows where a receiving system signals the sending system to slow down data transmission.

Use case

Preventing a fast data producer stream from overwhelming a slow database writer by buffering or throttling output.

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