Bottleneck (engineering)

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In engineering, bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single component. The component is sometimes called a bottleneck point. The term is metaphorically derived from the bottleneck of a bottle, where the flow speed of the liquid is limited by its neck.

[edit] Bottlenecks in software

In software development, the act of tracking down bottlenecks is called performance analysis. This is usually done with specialized tools, called profilers.

[edit] Bottlenecks in networking

In a network, when every source has a bottleneck link, the allocation of rates is said max-min fair.

[edit] See also

• Performance engineering
• Performance analysis
• Optimization (computer science)