latency
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈleɪtənsi/
- Specialized
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latencia
- Today's networks are suffering from unnecessary latency and poor system performance.
- response latency
- speech response latency
- latency to initiate
You can see the latency is relatively low.
- You can see the latency is relatively low.
- It had government funded high bandwidth, low latency broadband, which meant that the product would work.
- So it's not, it's actually not great from a transaction rolling standpoint or latency standpoint.
- And that REM sleep latency was significantly shorter in those people with depression.
- These also now join Airpods Pro with USBC as the only other headphones to have the ultra low latency support for Vision Pro.
- Now, there are supplements that can greatly improve the depth of your sleep and that can shorten the latency to fall asleep.
Examples
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There were no significant differences in hit rates or latency among the boxed and regular text groups.
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Implicit attitudes can be inferred from the different response latencies in the group-good and group-bad conditions.
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The second score was the mean latency time to name the picture.
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The fact that the hit latency was the same across conditions is important.
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So first of all, let's talk about the latency in this particular network.
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Several numbers or a range are given for these operations since the latency is variable.
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One important data structure, often used to reduce latency, is an inverted-list index.
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Now, there are supplements that can greatly improve the depth of your sleep and that can shorten the latency to fall asleep.
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In online gaming, a lower latency ensures faster reactions to player actions.
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For video conferencing, the latency must be minimal to achieve smooth communication.
Synonyms
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1.3
A time when something happens later than planned
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4.1
A period of time when something happens later than expected
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3.9
Time between seeing or hearing something and acting
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3.7
The time between seeing or hearing something and acting on it
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3.4
The time it takes for a device to answer a network signal
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4.4
A delay between an event and its effect
The time between something happening and when its effects appear
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.9
A childhood stage from about age five to puberty when sexual feelings are turned toward school and friends
- Specialized
A stage in child development from about five until puberty when children focus on learning and friends
- Specialized
A childhood period from age five to puberty when sexual feelings are quiet and energy goes into friendships and learning
- Specialized
The time it takes for data on a disk to reach the read head while the disk spins
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Latency comes from the Latin verb latere, meaning 'to lie hidden', and is related to the word latent; think of a small 'hidden' pause before something appears. So in technology and science, latency is the short delay or waiting time before a response.