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In [[Communication|communications]], '''flood control''' is a feature of many [[communication protocol]]s 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 attack]]s. [[Internet Relay Chat]] servers will often quit users performing [[IRC floods]] with an "Excess Flood" message.

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<ref name="miro05">{{cite report |title=Distributed Defense Against DDOS Attacks |last1=Mirkovic |first1=Jelena |last2=Robinson |first2=Max |last3=Reiher |first3=Peter |last4=Oikonomou |first4=George |date=January 2005 |publisher=Research Gate |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228888807 |access-date=2024-02-12 }}</ref>
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