Ehhh I think labeling user input as backpressure, because the software is waiting for _input_, is somewhere between confusing and inaccurate. When I have seen

Ehhh I think labeling user input as backpressure, because the software is waiting for _input_, is somewhere between confusing and inaccurate. When I have seen backpressure discussed in my day job, it has always involved a (theoretical or real) slow consumer, and therefore some queue in front of that consumer. I agree that "networking" or not, is irrelevant.