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through⋅put

  [throo-poot]
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–noun
the quantity or amount of raw material processed within a given time, esp. the work done by an electronic computer in a given period of time.
Also, thruput.

Origin:
1920–25; from phrase put through, modeled on output
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through·put   (thrōō'pŏŏt')   
n.  Output or production, as of a computer program, over a period of time.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Computing Dictionary

throughput
1. The rate at which a processor can work expressed in instructions per second or jobs per hour or some other unit of performance.
2. data transfer rate.
(2001-05-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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