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Latency
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden. countable, uncountable
- 2 the state of being not yet evident or active wordnet
- 3 Dormancy; the state of being inactive. countable, uncountable
- 4 the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it wordnet
- 5 A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. countable, uncountable
"network latency"
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- 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
- 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
- 8 The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism. countable, uncountable
"period of latency"
- 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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