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latency |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Latency \La"ten*cy\, n. [See {Latent}.] The state or quality of being latent. To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. --Sir W. Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: latency n 1: (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head [syn: {rotational latency}] 2: the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it [syn: {reaction time}, {response time}, {latent period}] 3: the state of being not yet evident or active From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: latency1. 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 its {bandwidth}, which should be high. Latency is particularly important for a {synchronous} {protocol} where each packet must be acknowledged before the next can be transmitted. (2000-02-27)
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