Complex sentence: The leaky bucket is an algorithm used in packet switched computer networks and telecommunications networks to check that data transmissions, in the form of packets, conform to defined limits on bandwidth and burstiness (a measure of the unevenness or variations in the traffic flow).
Split into simpler sentences: The leaky bucket is an algorithm used in packet switched computer networks and telecommunications networks. It is used to check that data transmissions, in the form of packets, conform to defined limits on bandwidth and burstiness (a measure of the unevenness or variations in the traffic flow).