Throttle (disambiguation) explained

A throttle is any mechanism by which the power or speed of an engine is controlled.

Throttle or throttling may also refer to:

Fiction

• Throttle (film), a 2005 thriller
• Throttle (novella), a 2009 novella by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill
• Throttle, one of the three main characters of Biker Mice from Mars

Science and technology

• Rocket engine throttling
• Thrust lever or throttle lever, a device for controlling aircraft engines
• Throttling process (thermodynamics), an isenthalpic process in thermodynamics

Computing

• CPU throttling, computer hardware speed control, also known as dynamic frequency scaling
• Bandwidth throttling, used to control the bandwidth that a network application can use
• Throttling process (computing), software speed control

Other uses

• Strangling, compression of the neck
• DVD-by-mail throttling, the process of penalizing the most active users in subscription-based DVD-by-mail businesses, by slowing shipments or sending less desirable movies
• Dave Wottle (born 1950), American athlete nicknamed "The Throttle"

See also

• Teddy at the Throttle, a 1917 American comedy short film