Latency

/lˈe‍ɪtnsi/

/ˈɫeɪtənsi/

Latency

the state of being not yet evident or active

the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head

Examples

1. The key things here are latencies.

2. The fancy term for delay is latency.

3. Loading is going to take latency.

4. So latency was a very big issue.