Scalable
“Scalable” 描述架构或算法在用户数、数据量增长时仍能保持性能,通常通过 horizontal scaling(加机器)或 vertical scaling(加配置)实现。反义 unscalable 指瓶颈明显、难以扩容。
- “Design a scalable queue to absorb traffic spikes.” (设计可扩展队列以吸收流量尖峰。)
- “The old single-server setup was not scalable beyond ten thousand users.” (旧单机架构无法扩展到一万用户以上。)
- “Serverless functions can be highly scalable for bursty workloads.” (Serverless 函数对突发负载可高度扩展。)
scale(规模、攀登)+ -able(能够……的),即可随规模增长而扩展。
“scale” + “-able”:能够被扩展的。
投资人 pitch 与架构评审中高频词;scalable 不等于“无限快”,仍受数据模型与一致性约束。
- 固定搭配: “highly scalable” (高度可扩展), “scalable architecture” (可扩展架构), “scalable solution” (可扩展方案)
- 名词: scalability
- 动词: scale
scale(规模)+ able(能)——能跟着规模一起长的,就是 scalable。
“The team replaced a synchronous loop with a scalable worker pool before Black Friday.” (黑五前团队用可扩展 worker 池替换了同步循环。)