debounce

verb
/diːˈbaʊns/UK

Etymology

From de- + bounce.

  1. inherited from bounsen
  2. prefixed as debounce — “de + bounce

Definitions

  1. To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an…

    To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.

  2. To discard events or signals that should not be processed because they occurred too close…

    To discard events or signals that should not be processed because they occurred too close together.

    • With debouncing, we group several calls to the same events into one; with throttling, we are forcing our call to be executed no more than once per time period, such as a maximum of once per 400 ms.

The neighborhood

Derived

debouncer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for debounce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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