How to Use throughput in a Sentence

throughput

noun
  • The network can handle large throughputs.
  • This means a 10th of the throughput for each charger versus pump, or worse.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2020
  • In the first nine months of the year, Cosco’s portfolio-wide gross throughput grew 2.8% on year, Chen notes.
    WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The maximum data throughput of the ports is up to 5Gbps and the speed of the memory card slots is 104Mbps.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Right now, most blockchains don’t have enough throughput to run games, but this is changing.
    Mark Soares, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
  • For most people, the 11-Mb throughput is more than enough bandwidth to check e-mail.
    Elisa Batista, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2001
  • In the real world, though, the actual throughput should be more than 7 Gbps.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 17 Oct. 2018
  • That’s not a lot of throughput, but as a robotic outpost its bandwidth needs are small.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2019
  • Port throughput fell at Busan, a top-ten global port, as truckers left their trucks and sat on the streets. ...
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 28 June 2022
  • Wi-Fi both connected to our house wLAN rapidly and got good throughput, and the battery life was great.
    Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Things were good when the high-throughput diagnostic machines were used to run tests.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 June 2020
  • In cases where throughput is critical, the Neoverse E-series IP is the best fit.
    Matt Kimball, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The result was an increase in passenger throughput by as much as 30%, and an up to 90% reduction in queue times.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 20 June 2024
  • The food truck park also hosts live music throughput the summer months with a rotation of local bands.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
  • Angellist, with a throughput of one deal a week and a portfolio of 80 companies, has ridden the wave.
    Nisha Ramchandani, Quartz India, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Under the new policy, Medicare will pay $75 for each test on a high-throughput machine.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Off’ sets the game engine to queue 1 to 3 frames for maximum render throughput (and more latency).
    Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 20 Aug. 2019
  • And, of course, there’s one major exception: good old-fashioned 4G, which has been held back not as much by throughput but by bandwidth caps.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 21 May 2018
  • No blockchain has really scaled, and there are use cases which really depend on a very large amount of throughput.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Bigger channels means more throughput capacity, which means more data in the same amount of time.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The actual throughput of that business, or that operational arm of a business, is just one.
    Michael White, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The volume and speed of credit approvals would also be constrained by workers’ throughput.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 July 2024
  • These companies are working on increasing throughput, as well, by adding up to 12 lasers to their machines.
    Michael Molitch-Hou, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Thunderbolt has the throughput to work with an external dock or adapter to deal with multiple devices.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 June 2022
  • Their quest is to increase the power throughput for the next generation of charging systems, while reducing weight, size, and cost of the equipment.
    Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Many providers stressed that issues with throughput — the ability to move patients through the flow of hospital services — is a key dimension of the crisis.
    Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • High-throughput testing requires using centralized labs and can take between a day to four days to get results.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Connection times are still instantaneous, and the throughput is good.
    Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 27 June 2019
  • The new tricks can mean a little throughput boost or a more stable connection than routers built to older specs in congested areas, though, thanks to the way Wi-Fi 7 handles its data streams.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 23 July 2024
  • The system aims to enhance storage density, increase available SKUs, reduce product damage and improve throughput and speed.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 July 2024

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