The world of Rate Limit Algorithms

Ethiraj Srinivasan
Bootcamp
Published in
14 min readMar 9, 2023

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Rate limit algorithm is a mechanism used to control the rate of requests or messages being sent or received by a system or service. It is used to prevent overloading a system or service with too many requests or messages, which can cause system failures or degraded performance. Rate limiting allows a system or service to handle requests or messages in a controlled manner, ensuring that resources are used efficiently and effectively.

A batch of requests from client to server limited by the rate limiter
A batch of requests from client to server is limited by the rate limiter

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