debounce

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ bounce.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈbaʊns/
• Hyphenation: de‧bounce

Verb

debounce (third-person singular simple present debounces, present participle debouncing, simple past and past participle debounced)

1. (electronics) 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. (programming, by extension) To discard events or signals that should not be processed because they occurred too close together.
   • 2016, Maximiliano Firtman, High Performance Mobile Web, page 224:

     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.

Derived terms

• debouncer

Related terms

• keybounce

Translations

electronics: to remove the small ripple of current

• German: entprellen