Throttle (disambiguation)

A throttle is any mechanism by which the power or speed of an engine is controlled.

Throttle or throttling may also refer to:

Fiction

 * Throttle (film), a 2005 thriller
 * Throttle (novella), a 2009 novella by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill
 * Throttle, one of the three main characters of Biker Mice from Mars

Science and technology

 * Rocket engine throttling
 * Thrust lever or throttle lever, a device for controlling aircraft engines
 * Throttling process (thermodynamics), an isenthalpic process in thermodynamics

Computing

 * CPU throttling, computer hardware speed control, also known as dynamic frequency scaling
 * Bandwidth throttling, used to control the bandwidth that a network application can use
 * Throttling process (computing), software speed control

Other uses

 * Strangling, compression of the neck
 * DVD-by-mail throttling, the process of penalizing the most active users in subscription-based DVD-by-mail businesses, by slowing shipments or sending less desirable movies
 * Dave Wottle (born 1950), American athlete nicknamed "The Throttle"