Flood control (communications)

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed Template:About In communications, flood control is a feature of many communication protocols designed to prevent overwhelming of a destination receiver.<ref name="miro05" /> Such controls can be implemented either in software or in hardware, and will often request that the message be resent after the receiver has finished processing.

Internet forums often use a flood control mechanism to prevent too many messages from being posted at once, either to prevent spamming or denial-of-service attacks. Internet Relay Chat servers will often quit users performing IRC floods with an "Excess Flood" message.