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Timeout vs Threshold - What's the difference?

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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)
  • (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
  • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
  • (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
  • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.

    threshold

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • 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.