The amount of work, data, or material that can be processed or passed through a system in a given time. It is often used in computing, manufacturing, and networks.
A modern compound of 'through' and 'put,' first used in engineering and business in the 20th century. It was modeled on older words like 'output' and 'input.' The term captures how much can be 'put through' a process.
Throughput turns 'how busy are you?' into a measurable number. Factories, websites, and even hospitals use it to count how many units, requests, or patients pass through. The word reveals how modern life sees systems less as places and more as pipelines.
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