C10k problem

Problem of optimising network sockets to handle a large number of clients at the same time

The C10k problem is the problem of optimizing network sockets to handle a large number of clients at the same time. The name C10k is a numeronym for concurrently handling ten thousand connections. Handling many concurrent connections is a different problem from handling many requests per second: the latter requires high throughput, while the former does not have to be fast, but requires efficient scheduling of connections.

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