Exponential Backoff

Expression

A network protocol for avoiding congestion by progressively increasing the wait time between retries after a failure.

Pronunciation

Ex-po-nen-tial back-off

Synonyms

None specific, but related terms include "retry mechanism," "backoff algorithm."

Antonyms

None specific, as it is a technical term.

Indian Languages

🇮🇳 Hindi → गुणात्मक बैकऑफ (guṇātmak baika'of)

🇮🇳 Bengali → গুণগত ব্যাকঅফ (guṇagata byāka'of)

🇮🇳 Tamil → அலகு மீண்டும் (alaku mīṇṭum)

🇮🇳 Kannada → ಗುಣಾತ್ಮಕ ಬ್ಯಾಕ್‌ಆಫ್ (guṇātmak byāk'āph)

🇮🇳 Telugu → గుణాత్మక బ్యాక్‌ఆఫ్ (guṇātmak byāk'āph)

🇮🇳 Urdu → ایکسپوننشل بیک آف (exponential back off)

European Languages

🇪🇸 Spanish → Retroceso exponencial

🇫🇷 French → Rétrogradation exponentielle

🇩🇪 German → Exponentielles Backoff

Other Asian Languages

🇨🇳 Chinese → 指数退避 (zhǐshù tuìbì)

🇯🇵 Japanese → 指数バックオフ (shisū bakkuofu)

Examples
  1. The server implemented exponential backoff to manage the increased load during peak hours.
  2. When the connection failed, the application used exponential backoff to retry the request after waiting longer each time.
  3. Exponential backoff is commonly used in network protocols to reduce the chance of collision when multiple devices attempt to communicate simultaneously.