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Load Shedding
Quick Definition
Rejecting requests under excessive load to maintain stability
Full Definition
A technique where systems intentionally reject or delay requests when under excessive load to maintain stability.
Examples
capacity management, graceful degradation, backpressure
Related Terms
rate-limiting
circuit-breaker
scalability
More Backend Terms
Message Queue
System for asynchronous service communication via messages
Server Sent Events
Server-to-client unidirectional real-time updates over HTTP
WebSocket
Protocol for full-duplex real-time communication over TCP
REST API
Architectural style for designing networked APIs
Apache Kafka
Distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput data
Load Balancing
Distributing traffic across multiple backend servers