backoff - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
backoff (countable and uncountable, plural backoffs)
- (computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
- a backoff strategy to avoid collisions
- (surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
1997, James MacLaren, Learn to Surf, page 82:
The surfer is in the middle of a backoff. Paddle for unbroken waves butterfly-style, with both arms at the same time, instead of using the crawl stroke that got you out to where the waves are breaking.
2012, Kimberly Young Chopin, Metamorphosis: A Love Story, page 22:
I fastened the board's leash to my ankle, jumped on and paddled past the backoff.