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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
la·ten·cy       [leyt-n-see] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -cies.
1.the state of being latent.
2.Computers. the time required to locate the first bit or character in a storage location, expressed as access time minus word time.
3.latent period.
[Origin: 1630–40; lat(ent) + -ency]
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la·ten·cy       (lāt'n-sē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. la·ten·cies
  1. The state or quality of being latent.
  2. Psychology The latency period.
  3. A latent period.

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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 [syn: rotational latency] 
2. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it [syn: reaction time] 
3. the state of being not yet evident or active 

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

latency la·ten·cy (lāt'n-sē)
n.

  1. The state of being latent.
  2. In conditioning, the period of apparent inactivity between the time the stimulus is presented and the moment a response occurs.
  3. See latency phase.

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Latency

La"ten*cy\, n. [See Latent.] The state or quality of being latent.

To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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