Returns a number that rises with every run, tracked per prefix and starting from a seed: counter(prefix, seed) in Pipelines, often used for patch versions.
Also called counter.
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Related terms
- Account lockout policy
Locks accounts after a set number of failed sign-ins, using domain settings for threshold, duration and counter reset. Thresholds run from 0 to 999, and 0 disables lockout.
- API Management llm-token-limit policy
Inbound AI gateway policy that caps token usage per counter key. Exceeding tokens-per-minute produces 429, an exhausted token quota produces 403, and estimate-prompt-tokens lets it reject before calling the backend.
- relog
A command-line utility for converting, filtering and combining performance counter logs in BLG, CSV or TSV form.
- typeperf
A command-line utility for writing counter data from Performance Monitor either to the screen or to a log.
- USN
Update Sequence Number: every change a domain controller makes to its AD DS database raises this counter, letting replication partners know which changes they already have.