If you have an event handler such as onClick or onScroll and want to prevent the callback from being fired too quickly, then you can limit the rate at which callback is executed. This can be done by using:
_.throttle)_.debounce)requestAnimationFrame throttling: sample changes based on requestAnimationFrame (eg raf-schd)See this visualization for a comparison of throttle and debounce functions.
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