Latency

Latency

1. What does it do?

   • measures the amount of time, usually in milliseconds, that it takes a message to go from its source to its destination.

2. What is it??

   • Latency is the delay from input into a system to desired outcome. Also another term for latent period.

3. Other info

   • There are MANY different types of Latency and here are a few: Network Latency, Internet Latency WAN Latency Audio Latency Operational Latency and much more.

4. How does it work??

   • the term is understood slightly differently in various contexts and latency issues also vary from one system to another.