Meaning

3 senses
  1. That which holds something down.

  2. A clamping device that holds another structural element in place.

  3. A period during which a network router ignores messages about a currently unreachable route, giving it time to become reachable again.

Origin

Deverbal from hold down.

Deverbal from hold down.

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Forms

plural: holddowns

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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