Latency

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the state of being not yet evident or active wordnet
  3. 3
    Dormancy; the state of being inactive. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it wordnet
  5. 5
    A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. countable, uncountable

    "network latency"

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  1. 6
    (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head wordnet
  2. 7
    The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism. countable, uncountable

    "period of latency"

  4. 9
    A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From latent + -ency.

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