Timeout vs Threshold - What's the difference?
timeout | threshold |
(communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
(communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
(by extension) An entrance
The start of the landing area of a runway
(engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due
The outset of an action or project
The point where one mentally or physically is vulnerable in response to provocation or to particular things in general. As in emotions, stress, or pain.
The point of beginning or entry
As nouns the difference between timeout and threshold
is that timeout is the allowed maximal time for a process to end normally while threshold is the bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.timeout
English
Noun
(en noun)- My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
- My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
threshold
English
(wikipedia threshold)Noun
(en noun)- From all the pressure my partner has been through lately, his emotion threshold has suddenly gotten pretty low these days. I can tell because he easily loses it when he is around people or hears about anything to do with his concerns.