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<communications> 1. The time it takes for a packet to cross a network connection, from sender to receiver.
2. The period of time that a frame is held by a network device before it is forwarded.
Two of the most important parameters of a communications channel are its latency, which should be low, and its bandwidth, which should be high. Latency is particularly important for a synchronous protocol where each packet must be acknowledged before the next can be transmitted.
(01 May 2000)
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| latency | medical dictionary |
1. <physiology> The time between onset of a stimulus and peak of the ensuing action potential.
2. <microbiology> Of an infection, a period in which the infection is present in the host without producing overt symptoms.
(11 Mar 2008)
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