bus traffic
- noun
- Specialized
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- The software update significantly decreased the bus traffic on the system, enhancing overall performance.
- reduce bus traffic
Examples
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The store-back cache design minimizes memory bus traffic.
Academic text (1994) -
Obviously, the S/390 G4 structure does not eliminate all CP-to-CP data transfers, but it does reduce the bus traffic and lessen bus queueing, improving system performance.
Academic text (1997) -
To reduce the bus traffic between PU and memory, certain memory-related operations are implemented on the memory card, as well as the basic store and fetch line functions.
Academic text (1997) -
Doubling the microprocessor speed was likely to cause considerable acceleration of this effect, thereby necessitating a mechanism for reducing bus traffic.
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Efficient algorithms are necessary to manage bus traffic and prevent data congestion in high-load scenarios.
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By optimizing data transmission, the team successfully reduced unnecessary bus traffic during peak usage times.
Synonyms
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The amount of data sent over a network
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'bus' (a data/electrical conductor) + 'traffic' (volume or flow) yields the sense 'volume or rate of data on the bus'. Although it's a technical computing term, the same logic applies in everyday compounds like 'network traffic' or 'road traffic', so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Bus traffic in computers uses the same image but inside a machine: a bus is like a 'road' for data, and when many pieces of data try to travel at once the road gets busy. That's why bus traffic means the amount or rate of data moving on that computer road.