netlag
nounEtymology From net + lag.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The delay arising from communication between networked computers.
- Unknown thinking, typing, and netlag times make it impossible to tell [whether a participant in online chat is fully attentive].2002, Lori Kendall (quoting "henri"), Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online (page 26)
- If our test script is deployed live on a faraway web server, with netlag we could fairly easily click the button twice before the response came back[…]2011, Jonathan Hayward, Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery: