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Latency   /lˈeɪtənsi/   Listen
Latency

noun
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.  Synonym: rotational latency.
2.
The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it.  Synonyms: latent period, reaction time, response time.
3.
The state of being not yet evident or active.



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"Latency" Quotes from Famous Books



... property of bodies by virtue of which it cannot change its own condition of rest or motion. In other words it is the negative quality of passiveness either in recoverable latency or insipient latescence. ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


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