throttle A throttle is the mechanism by which fluid flow is managed by constriction or obstruction. An engine's power can be increased or decreased by the restriction of inlet gases (by the use of a throttle), but usually decreased. The term ''throttle'' ...

is any mechanism by which the power or speed of an engine is controlled. Throttle or throttling may also refer to:

Fiction

* ''Throttle'' (film), a 2005 thriller * ''Throttle'' (novella), a 2009 novella by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill * Throttle, one of the three main characters of ''

Biker Mice from Mars ''Biker Mice from Mars'' is an American science fiction action animated series created by Rick Ungar. The series premiered in syndication the week of September 19, 1993. It consists of three seasons of 65 episodes, with the final episode airin ...

Science and technology

Rocket engine throttling A rocket engine uses stored rocket propellants as the reaction mass for forming a high-speed propulsive jet of fluid, usually high-temperature gas. Rocket engines are reaction engines, producing thrust by ejecting mass rearward, in accordance ...

Thrust lever Thrust levers or throttle levers are found in the cockpit of aircraft, and are used by the pilot, copilot, or autopilot to control the thrust output of the aircraft's engines, by controlling the fuel flow to those engines. In multi-engine air ...

or throttle lever, a device for controlling aircraft engines * Throttling process (thermodynamics), an isenthalpic process in thermodynamics

Computing

* CPU throttling, computer hardware speed control, also known as dynamic frequency scaling *

Bandwidth throttling Bandwidth throttling consists in the intentional limitation of the communication speed (bytes or kilobytes per second) of the ingoing (received) data and/or in the limitation of the speed of outgoing (sent) data in a network node or in a network ...

, used to control the bandwidth that a network application can use *

Throttling process (computing) In computer networks, rate limiting is used to control the rate of requests sent or received by a network interface controller. It can be used to prevent DoS attacks and limit web scraping. Research indicates flooding rates for one zombie machine ...

, software speed control

Other uses

* Strangling, compression of the neck * DVD-by-mail throttling, the process of penalizing the most active users in subscription-based DVD-by-mail businesses, by slowing shipments or sending less desirable movies *

Dave Wottle David James Wottle (born August 7, 1950) is an American retired middle-distance track athlete. He was the gold medalist in the 800 meter run at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a world record holder in the 800 meters. In 1973, Wottle also ...

(born 1950), American athlete nicknamed "The Throttle"

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