(computing) The process of limiting the number of requests made to a server so as to avoid overloading it.

(computing) The maximum number of requests in a given timeframe that are able to be made to a server that uses rate limiting.

plural of rate limiter

(computing) A piece of software that performs rate limiting.

Alternative form of Karman limit; Synonym of Kármán line

Alternative form of Armstrong limit

Such as, but not only; among others; recounting members of a category while clarifying that there are additional members not being recounted

(programming) The generally accepted limit, in working with visual programming languages, of 50 or less visual primitives on screen at any given time, used to optimize for information density.

plural of Hayashi limit

(astrophysics) A theoretical maximum radius of a star of given mass; the radius at which the inward force of gravity exactly balances the outward pressure of the gas of the star.