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pushlet

noun

Etymology

From push + -let, influenced by applet.

  1. derived from pulsare — “to beat, strike”
  2. derived from pousser
  3. inherited from pushen
  4. suffixed as pushlet — “push + let”

Definitions

  1. A push mechanism in which the Web server takes advantage of persistent HTTP connections…

    A push mechanism in which the Web server takes advantage of persistent HTTP connections and leaves the response unterminated so that it can continue to send information.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA