Look up: latency

1. latency
   (communications) 1. The time it takes for a packet to cross a network connection, from sender to receiver. 2. The period of time that a frame is held by a network device before it is forwarded. Two of the most important parameters of a communications channel are its latency, which should be low, and...
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2. Latency
   [audio] Latency refers to a short period of delay (usually measured in milliseconds) between when an audio signal enters and when it emerges from a system. Potential contributors to latency in an audio system include analog-to-digital conversion, buffering, digital signal processing, transmi...
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3. Latency
   The amount of time that passes before something starts to happen. An important consideration in performance evaluation, where high throughput computer devices often postpone tranfers due to protocol transaction overhead, contention and other factors.
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4. Latency
   Time from the first exposure of a chemical until the appearance of a toxic effect.
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5. Latency
   Latency is the technical term for the delays in computer systems caused by both distance and processing. Distance creates latency because of simple physics. Messages travel at the speed of light and over long distances the delays are measurable. Processing creates latency by delaying messages at every instance where a process occurs.
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6. latency
   [n] - the state of being not yet evident or active
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7. latency
   Time taken for requested data to arrive. A performance indicator in any communications protocol, not directly related to bit rate. Latency in packet networks is affected by techniques such as ARQ, SAW and DSMA. Dirty tricks such as spoofing are sometimes used to improve latency. See also jitter.
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8. Latency
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) The amount of time between when a device requests access to a network and when it is granted permission to transmit.
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9. latency
   the period of apparent inactivity between the time when a stimulus is presented and the moment a response occurs Category: Medicine • the time interval between the instant at which an instruction control unit initiates a call for data and the instant at which the actual transfer of the d...
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10. latency
    (1) In electrophysiology: the time between onset of a stimulus and peak of the ensuing action potential. (2) Of an infection, a period in which the infection is present in the host without producing overt symptoms.
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11. Latency
    La'ten·cy noun [ See Latent .] The state or quality of being latent. « To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency .» Sir W. Hamilton.
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12. latency
    1. <physiology> The time between onset of a stimulus and peak of the ensuing action potential. ... 2. <microbiology> Of an infection, a period in which the infection is present in the host without producing overt symptoms. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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13. latency
    noun the state of being not yet evident or active
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14. latency
    (la´tәn-se) a state of seeming inactivity or being latent. the time between the instant of stimulation and the beginning of a response. latency stage.
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15. Latency
    • (n.) The state or quality of being latent.
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16. latency
    latency 1. The state of being not yet evident or active. 2. In computer science, the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head. 3. The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it. 4. With reference to an infection, a period ...
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17. LATENCY
    Latency is the time a computer spends waiting before a download (or other data request) starts. It's slightly different from bandwidth. Bandwidth is the time required to move the data. If you have a low-latency or "low ping" connection, your downloads start sooner. If you have a high-bandwidth conne...
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18. Latency
    [engineering] Latency is a measure of time delay experienced in a system, the precise definition of which depends on the system and the time being measured. Latencies may have different meaning in different contexts. ==Communication latency== ===Packet-switched networks=== Latency in a packe...
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19. latency
    in a muscle, state between the imposition of a stimulus and the onset of development of tension
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20. Latency
    (Lat. latere, to be hidden) (a) In metaphysics, the term latency is equivalent to potency or potentiality. See Potentiality. (b) In epistemology and psychology, the term is applied to knowledge, e.g. memory, which lies dormant in the mind but is capable of becoming actual and explicit (see W. Hamilt...
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21. Latency
    In computing, latency is the time taken for the start of a given sector of data on a storage disk or drum to reach the read/write head. The smaller the latency value, the faster data is transferred to and from the storage device.
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22. latency
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lā′ten-sē Definitions: 1. The state of being latent. 2. In conditioning, or other behavioral experiments, the period of apparent inactivity between the time the stimulus is presented and the moment a response occurs. 3. In psychoanalysis, the period of time ...
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23. latency
    The time between the cue and the response. Ideally, that time is zero €“ or as close to immediate as possible.
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