Bucket

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A grouping container used to hold related items, often in hash tables, cloud object storage, or rate-limiting logic. The exact meaning depends on context, but the common idea is a named or indexed compartment used for organization, lookup, or control.

    In plain English: A container or grouping used to hold related items in a system.

    Example: "The upload service wrote each tenant's files into a separate bucket to simplify retention policy and lifecycle management."

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