Meaning of debounce | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
2. To discard events or signals that should not be processed because they occurred too close together.
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Examples

“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.”

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