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backoff

The English word “backoff” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
  2. The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.

Etymology

Deverbal from back off.

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