What does the term "pending dispatch" means?

Question

According to MSDN , the "MaxConnections" parameter means:

The NetTcpBinding.MaxConnections property controls the maximum number of connections to be pooled for subsequent reuse on the client and the maximum number of connections allowed to be pending dispatch on the server.

what does the term "Pending Dispatch" mean?

Answer 1

In WCF, "dispatch" is the process of deciding which method to call given an incoming SOAP message. A "pending dispatch" means that the server hasn't finished deciding which message is the right one to send. The value of MaxConnections determines how many of these decisions the server can be making simultaneously, at maximum.