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bursty

bursty

1 8.5
Happening in short, intense periods rather than continuously
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɜrsti/
translation icon : intermitente
  • For example, bursty disk writes might correlate in time with client communication errors; a sufficiently strong correlation suggests some shared influence between these two parts of the system.
  • bursty traffic

And for short bursty workloads, this isn't a problem.

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Examples

  • And for short bursty workloads, this isn't a problem.

  • L2 misses can be rather bursty, depending upon the types of transactions being processed.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Users with bursty traffic streams, but needing all or almost all of their data to get through regardless of other traffic, can specify a high required throughput. However, this will lead to peak-rate allocation.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Then the scheduler was aimlessly lobbying workloads at cores without really much thought put into it, and often bursty workloads were ending up in slower cores.

  • The meteor shower was bursty, with bright flashes occurring every few minutes.

  • During the storm, the wind was bursty, creating sudden, strong gusts that shook the trees.

  • The athlete had a bursty performance, scoring several points in rapid succession during the final minutes of the game.

Synonyms

fitful
vsbursty
7 5.8

Happening in short, irregular bursts that start and stop

is short and intense rather than merely intermittent starting and stopping
spasmodic
vsbursty
2 8.1

Happening suddenly in short, irregular bursts or movements

is about short intense periods rather than bursts tied to sudden movement
spasmic
vsbursty
7.9

Happening in sudden short uncontrolled movements or bursts

is about short intense periods without sudden involuntary action

Antonyms

304 2.0

Not changing over time and remaining the same

92 3.5

Gives similar results each time

How Bursty

spiky
16 3.3
bursty
1 8.5
episodic
5 6.0
intermittent
35 6.5
continuous
141 3.7

Surface Forms

bursty positive

Morphology

bursty = burst (transparent) = burst + y

The word 'bursty' is transparently derived from 'burst' with the addition of the suffix '-y', indicating a characteristic or quality.

Etymology

The word bursty comes from the common word burst plus the ending -y, and burst means 'to break out suddenly' or a 'short strong event'. So something bursty happens in short, intense periods rather than steadily, like rain that comes in quick, heavy showers.