drain
<jargon> (IBM) To allow a system to complete the processing of its
current work before the system becomes unavailable. E.g. draining a device
before taking it off-line or telling a web server in a server farm not to accept
any new requests but to finish processing any requests it has already accepted.
[Jargon File]
(2005-07-18)
Nearby terms:
dragon « Dragon Book « DRAGOON « drain » DRAM
» DRAM refresh » Drawing eXchange Format
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