Throughput
(noun)
- The rate at which something can be processed or produced.
- The amount of something that is processed or produced over a given period of time.
- The total amount of something that is successfully processed or produced within a given period of time.
Origin:
From the verb throughput, meaning to process or handle.
Examples:
- The factory's throughput was increased by 50% after the new machines were installed.
- The network's throughput was not sufficient to handle the large amount of data.
- He was responsible for the throughput of goods in the warehouse.
- The throughput of the new software was tested under heavy load.
- The company's goal is to increase the throughput of the production line.