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throughput
noun through·put \ˈthrü-ˌpu̇t\
: the amount of material, data, etc., that enters and goes through something (such as a machine or system)
Full Definition of THROUGHPUT
: output, production <the throughput of a computer>
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First Known Use of THROUGHPUT
circa 1915
Rhymes with THROUGHPUT
afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, trench foot, uproot, webfoot
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