what does "db" mean

[languid yarrow]

sometimes when i look at a script from the toolbox it has db as a variable. does anyone know what it means and what it does?

[olive elm]

Debounce

[languid yarrow]

and what does it do exactly?

[olive elm]

Allows the code to not be executed again while it's still running

[languid yarrow]

so like it prevents a function from being called while its running?

[olive elm]

Yea

[thorny silo]

debounce is a technique/pattern not an actual language feature.

db can also stand for database

but commonly on roblox its just debounce

and the technique allows you to do what my brain is rotting said

by keeping track of something is running and dropping the request if it is running