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Latency
01
a state where a quality or trait exists but is not actively expressed at the moment
Examples
In education, a student 's talent might have latency, becoming more apparent as they progress through advanced coursework.
Though she worked as part of a team, her natural leadership abilities remained in latency until she was given the opportunity to lead a project.
02
the time interval between the presentation of a stimulus and the observable response to it
Examples
The experiment measured the latency of a reflex action.
The latency of the reflex was shorter in younger participants.
03
(in computer science) the time required for a specific block of data on a storage medium to reach the read and write head
Examples
The hard drive has a latency of 8 milliseconds per read.
Network latency can affect the performance of online games.
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