throttle A throttle is a mechanism by which fluid flow is managed by construction 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'' ha ...

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''

Science and technology

* Rocket engine throttling *

Thrust lever Thrust levers or throttle levers are found in the cockpit of aircraft, and are used by the Pilot in command, pilot, copilot, flight engineer, or autopilot to control the thrust output of the aircraft's aircraft engine, engines, by controlling th ...

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

Computing

CPU throttling A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes instructions of a computer program, such as arithmetic, log ...

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

Bandwidth throttling Bandwidth throttling consists in the limitation of the communication speed (bytes or kilobytes per second), of the ingoing (received) or outgoing (sent) data in a network node or in a network device such as computers and mobile phones. The d ...

, 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 machin ...

, software speed control

Other uses

Strangling Strangling or strangulation is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain by restricting the flow of oxygen through the trachea. Fatal strangulation typically occur ...

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

Fiction

Science and technology

Computing

Other uses

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