Backoff

Quick meaning: Backoff is a noun meaning (computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.

Meaning

(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.

More Meanings

1. (surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.

Example Sentences

a backoff strategy to avoid collisions

I fastened the board's leash to my ankle, jumped on and paddled past the backoff.

The surfer is in the middle of a backoff. Paddle for unbroken waves butterfly-style, with both arms at the same time, instead of using the crawl stroke that got you out to where the waves are breaking.

Word Forms

• backoffs

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backpressure, backtracking, failback, backstepping, backjumping, workaround.

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