sliding window

2. In computing, a sliding window is a way to look at a small moving part of a long list of data.

The program uses a sliding window to check each group of bytes.

3. In networking, a sliding window is a method that controls how much data can be sent before waiting for a reply.

The sliding window keeps the connection from sending too much at once.

4. In statistics, a sliding window is a fixed-size range that moves across a series of numbers to compute averages.

They applied a sliding window to smooth the noisy sensor readings.