silly window syndrome

noun

Definitions

  1. A problem in data transmission, where a server, unable to process all incoming data,…

    A problem in data transmission, where a server, unable to process all incoming data, repeatedly asks the clients to reduce the size of the packets they are sending — to the point where all packets become extremely small ("tinygrams") and transmission becomes inefficient.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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