latency
<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.
(2000-02-27)
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