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LATENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being not yet evident or active
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("latency" is a kind of...):
potency; potential; potentiality (the inherent capacity for coming into being)
Derivation:
latent ((pathology) not presently active)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
Synonyms:
latency; latent period; reaction time; response time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("latency" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
Synonyms:
latency; rotational latency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("latency" is a kind of...):
interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Holonyms ("latency" is a part of...):
access time ((computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive)
