Latency
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
The time it takes a system and network delay to respond Scope Note: More specifically, system latency is the time that a system takes to retrieve data. Network latency is the time it takes for a packet to travel from the source to the final destination.
Framework senses
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- The time it takes a system and network delay to respond Scope Note: More specifically, system latency is the time that a system takes to retrieve data. Network latency is the time it takes for a packet to travel from the source to the final destination.
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- the state of being not yet evident or active
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- the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
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- (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head