Throughput vs. Yield — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Throughput and Yield
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Throughput
In general terms, throughput is the rate of production or the rate at which something is processed. When used in the context of communication networks, such as Ethernet or packet radio, throughput or network throughput is the rate of successful message delivery over a communication channel.
Yield
Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product)
The land yields grapes and tobacco
Throughput
Output or production, as of a computer program, over a period of time.
Yield
Give way to arguments, demands, or pressure
He yielded to the demands of his partners
The Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted
Throughput
(networking) The rate at which data is transferred through a system.
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Yield
(of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure
He reeled into the house as the door yielded
Throughput
(operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.
The factory managed a throughput of 120 units per hour.
Yield
An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product
The milk yield was poor
Throughput
(optics) etendue.
Yield
To give forth by a natural process, especially by cultivation
A field that yields many bushels of corn.
Throughput
Output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
Yield
To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of
An investment that yields a high return.
Yield
To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender
Yielded my seat to the speaker.
Yielded his sword.
Yield
To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede
Yielded the right of way to the oncoming traffic.
Yield
To give forth a natural product; be productive.
Yield
To produce a return for effort or investment
Bonds that yield well.
Yield
To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
Yield
To give way to pressure or force
The door yielded to a gentle push.
Yield
To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty.
Yield
To give up one's place, as to one that is superior
Yielded to the chairperson.
Yield
An amount yielded or produced; a product.
Yield
A profit obtained from an investment; a return.
Yield
The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight (usually kilotons) of TNT required to produce an equivalent release.
Yield
(obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
Yield
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
Yield
To give way; to allow another to pass first.
Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
Yield
To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
They refuse to yield to the enemy.
Yield
To give, or give forth, (anything).
Yield
(intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
Yield
To produce as return, as from an investment.
Historically, that security yields a high return.
Yield
(mathematics) To produce as a result.
Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
Yield
(linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
Yield
To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
Yield
(rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Yield
(obsolete) Payment; tribute.
Yield
A product; the quantity of something produced.
Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
Yield
The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuke, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
Yield
(law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
Yield
(finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
Yield
To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.
To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent.
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength.
Yield
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
[He] makes milch kine yield blood.
The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Yield
To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.
Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
Yield
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.
Yield
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
Yield
To give a reward to; to bless.
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,And the gods yield you for 't.
God yield thee, and God thank ye.
One calmly yields his willing breath.
Yield
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
He saw the fainting Grecians yield.
Yield
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
Yield
To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
Will ye relent,And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?
Yield
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
Nay tell me first, in what more happy fieldsThe thistle springs, to which the lily yields?
Yield
Amount yielded; product; - applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Yield
Production of a certain amount
Yield
An amount of a product
Yield
The income arising from land or other property;
The average return was about 5%
Yield
The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time);
Production was up in the second quarter
Yield
Be the cause or source of;
He gave me a lot of trouble
Our meeting afforded much interesting information
Yield
End resistance, especially under pressure or force;
The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
Yield
Give or supply;
The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
The estate renders some revenue for the family
Yield
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Yield
Give in, as to influence or pressure
Yield
Move in order to make room for someone for something;
The park gave way to a supermarket
`Move over,' he told the crowd
Yield
Bring about;
His two singles gave the team the victory
Yield
Be willing to concede;
I grant you this much
Yield
Be fatally overwhelmed
Yield
Bring in;
Interest-bearing accounts
How much does this savings certificate pay annually?
Yield
Be flexible under stress of physical force;
This material doesn't give
Yield
Cease opposition; stop fighting
Yield
Consent reluctantly
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