debounce
Pronunciations
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/diːˈbaʊns/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Verb
To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
To discard events or signals that should not be processed because they occurred too close together.
Usage- broadly
- Examples
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More examples (1)
With debouncing, we group several calls to the same events into one; with throttling, we are forcing our call to be executed no more than once per time period, such as a maximum of once per 400 ms.
Word forms
debouncesdebouncingdebounceddebounced