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The article uses the term "CCAs" without ever defining it. I followed the links, and googled it, with no useful result. What is a CCA in this context?

• Rp8yXmdmr 6mo ago
  Congestion Control Algorithms
• einsteinx2 6mo ago
  After some searching apparently it means “congestion control algorithm”. Definitely should have been defined in the article, especially since they have a whole section dedicated to explaining what it is.
• gavinsyancey 6mo ago
  a Congestion Control Algorithm -- which uses various signals (mostly dropped packets) to try to estimate the available bandwidth and avoid network connection.
  • lproven 6mo ago
    Thanks! And to @einsteinx2 and @rp8yxmdmr too.
    • Rp8yXmdmr 6mo ago
      There are so many overlapping TLA we should have moved to 4 letters long time ago.
      • lproven 6mo ago
        Twas ever thus. There was the proposed eTLA namespace extension... https://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/TLA.html https://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/TLA.html
• yencabulator 5mo ago
  Not sure if it got edited, but the first use of the term is > Before we dive into the core problem, a quick refresher on Congestion Control Algorithms (CCAs) may help to set the stage.