balancer

noun

bal·​anc·​er ˈba-lən(t)-sər How to pronounce balancer (audio)
: one that balances
specifically : haltere

Examples of balancer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The veep can’t just be a ticket balancer or an afterthought. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024 The vulnerability, which carries a 9.8 severity rating out of a possible 10, affects F5’s BIG-IP, a line of appliances that organizations use as load balancers, firewalls, and for inspection and encryption of data passing into and out of networks. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 8 May 2024 That means our load balancer can read and apply filters based on HTTP and HTTPS characteristics, the URL in whole or in part, cookies included in the connection, and a few other layer 7 things. Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023 Lee Hutchinson The differences between how requests flow in this serverless design start right when the request is ingested by the application load balancer (ALB) up front. Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for balancer 

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of balancer was in the 15th century

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“Balancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balancer. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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