About The Word Latency

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Latency

Latency Meaning & Definition
Latency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Latency?

[n] the state of being not yet evident or active
[n] the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
[n] (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head

Synonyms | Synonyms for Latency: latent period | reaction time | response time | rotational latency

Related Terms | Find terms related to Latency: abeyance | apathy | catalepsy | catatonia | cold storage | deadliness | deathliness | delitescence | doldrums | dormancy | entropy | indifference | indolence | inertia | inertness | intermission | interruption | languor | latent content | latent meaningfulness | latentness | lotus-eating | passiveness | passivity | possibility | potentiality | quiescence | quiescency | stagnancy | stagnation | stasis | suspense | suspension | torpor | vegetation | virtuality | vis inertiae

See Also | access time | interval | potency | potential | potentiality | time interval

Latency In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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