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Debounce

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

verbCommon term

In software engineering, debounce means: To delay an action until events have stopped arriving for a chosen interval, usually combining rapid triggers into one action.

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How it is used

Used for search input and resize events. Trailing execution is common; some implementations also offer a leading execution option.

Example sentences

  1. We debounce the search input so a request runs after the user pauses typing.

    Each new keystroke postpones the pending search in this trailing-edge setup.

  2. The editor will debounce autosave but flush the pending save when the document closes.

    Flushing handles a pending action that might otherwise be lost before its delay ends.

Common collocations

  • debounce user input
  • debounce interval
  • eventSomething that happens in the browser and that code can react to, such as a click, a key press, a form submission or the page finishing loading.
  • callbackA function passed to another piece of code so that the receiving code can invoke it when needed.

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