Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 output relative to input; 
 the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time); 
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
throughput
    n 1: output relative to input; the amount passing through a
         system from input to output (especially of a computer
         program over a period of time)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
throughput
   1. The rate at which a processor can work expressed in
   instructions per second or jobs per hour or some other unit of
   performance.
   2.  data transfer rate.
   (2001-05-22)