About The Word Latency
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Latency
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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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