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title: "system throughput"
description: "The amount of data passing through a component or system in a given time period."
type: term
term_id: 769
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/system-throughput"
slug: "system-throughput"
url: "https://istqb-glossary.page/system-throughput/"
---

# system throughput

The amount of data passing through a component or system in a given time period.

## Present in syllabi


- Foundation Extension - Performance Testing 2018

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/systemdurchsatz/) — Systemdurchsatz
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/throughput-di-sistema/) — throughput di sistema
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/taxa-de-transferencia-do-sistema/) — taxa de transferência do sistema
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/przepustowosc-systemu/) — przepustowość systemu
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/trafego-do-sistema/) — tráfego do sistema
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/propustnost-systemu/) — propustnost systému

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