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title: "Exponential Backoff — Definition | FourSight Glossary"
url: https://foursight.cloud/glossary/exponential-backoff
description: "A retry strategy where each subsequent retry waits exponentially longer than the last (e.g. 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s). Usually combined with jitter to prevent thu…"
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# Exponential Backoff

A retry strategy where each subsequent retry waits exponentially longer than the last (e.g. 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s). Usually combined with jitter to prevent thundering-herd retries from overwhelming a recovering service.

Source

- AWS Architecture Blog — Exponential Backoff And Jitter (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/exponential-backoff-and-jitter/)

## Related terms

MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue)

The predictable monthly subscription revenue a SaaS earns, normalized so annual plans count as 1/12 per month.
https://foursight.cloud/glossary/mrr

ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue)

Annualised subscription revenue, i.e.
https://foursight.cloud/glossary/arr

ACV (Annual Contract Value)

The yearly value of a single customer contract, normalized to one year.
https://foursight.cloud/glossary/acv

Churn

The rate at which customers cancel or downgrade.
https://foursight.cloud/glossary/churn

Webhook

An HTTP POST request a service sends to a URL you control when an event happens (e.g.
https://foursight.cloud/glossary/webhook

Idempotency

Property of an operation that produces the same result no matter how many times it runs.
https://foursight.cloud/glossary/idempotency

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