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Flux vs Throughput - What's the difference?

flux | throughput |

As nouns the difference between flux and throughput

is that flux is the act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream while throughput is (operations) the rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.

As a verb flux

is to use flux.

As an adjective flux

is flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

flux

English

(wikipedia flux)

Noun

(es)
  • The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body.
  • A state of ongoing change.
    • The schedule is in flux at the moment.
  • * Trench
    • Her image has escaped the flux of things, / And that same infant beauty that she wore / Is fixed upon her now forevermore.
  • * Felton
    • Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux .
  • A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
    • It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.
  • (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically electric flux, magnetic flux.
    • That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.
  • (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
  • (archaic) diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body
  • The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.

    • Antonyms

    * (state of ongoing change) stasis

    Derived terms

    * black flux * electric flux * fluxlike * luminous flux * magnetic flux * white flux

    Verb

  • To use flux.
    • You have to flux the joint before soldering.
  • To melt.
  • To flow as a liquid.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
  • * a'' 1677 , (Isaac Barrow), "On Contentment", Sermon XL, in ''The Theological Works , Volume 2, Clarendon Press, 1818, page 375
    • The flux nature of all things here.

    Related terms

    * fluctuant ----

    throughput

    English

    Alternative forms

    * thruput

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.
  • * The factory managed a throughput of 120 units per hour.
  • * 1927 , Harald Nielsen, "Distillation of Carbonaceous Materials" [http://www.google.com/patents?id=uPpbAAAAEBAJ&dq=throughput&jtp=1], US Patent 1886262, line 70:
    • "if the rate of heating is substantially reduced, not only is the throughput of the apparatus diminished and the cost of the process increased, but the properties of the resultant coke are detrimentally affected."
  • (networking) The rate at which data is transferred through a system.

    • Derived terms

    * system throughput * aggregate throughput * maximum throughput

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