(astronautics) A reduction in thrust performed by some launch vehicles when approaching max Q, in order to reduce aerodynamic stresses on the vehicle's structure.

plural of thrust bucket

(US, regional) cube steak

plural of bucket steak

plural of drop in the bucket

plural of leaky bucket

(computing theory) A counter or variable that is incremented whenever an event of interest occurs, and also periodically decremented; used in algorithms to check whether events will gradually overflow the system's capacity, for example in a telecommunication network.

plural of token bucket

(computing theory) A fixed-capacity data structure to which tokens or packets are added at a fixed rate; used in algorithms to check whether sufficient tokens will be available when expected, for example in a telecommunication network.

plural of spit bucket