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Throughput

Throughput is the amount of work completed in a unit of time. It is different from latency, which is the time needed for one action or result.

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  • Latency
  • Performance vs scalability
  • Scalability
  • Asynchronism

Source: system-design-primer/README.md at master · donnemartin/system-design-primer · GitHub. Checked 2026-11-03.