holddown

Noun

Meaning

(engineering) A clamping device that holds another structural element in place.

(computing) A period during which a network router ignores messages about a currently unreachable route, giving it time to become reachable again.

Examples

If after the Holddown timer expires and still the router is advertising with the same higher hop count then the value is updated into its routing table. Source: Internet

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