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throughput

or thru·put

[ throo-poot ]
/ ˈθruˌpʊt /

noun

the quantity or amount of raw material processed within a given time, especially the work done by an electronic computer in a given period of time.

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Origin of throughput

1920–25; from phrase put through, modeled on output

Words nearby throughput

through one's hat, through one's head, through one's mind, through-other, throughout, throughput, through rose-colored glasses, through stone, through street, through-the-lens meter, Through the Looking-Glass
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British Dictionary definitions for throughput

throughput
/ (ˈθruːˌpʊt) /

noun

the quantity of raw material or information processed or communicated in a given period, esp by a computer
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