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Bufferbloat is the undesirable latency that comes from a router or other network equipment buffering too many data packets.Bufferbloat can also cause packet delay variation (also known as jitter), as well as reduce the overall network throughput.
In 2005, all the network interface controllers in the United States (in computers, switches, and routers) used an estimated 5.3 terawatt-hours of electricity. [7] According to a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Energy-Efficient Ethernet can potentially save an estimated US$450 million a year in energy costs in the US.
The Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI) is a reliability index commonly used by electric power utilities. [1] It is related to SAIDI and SAIFI, and is calculated as
In continuum mechanics, the Froude number (Fr, after William Froude, / ˈ f r uː d / [1]) is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of the flow inertia to the external force field (the latter in many applications simply due to gravity).