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  • Latency is always inconsistant, even if they triangulate your position using multiple computers, the results will still be slower due to downloads/uploads.

    NSA privacy busting patent 2005

  • Latency, which is not the same as speed, is the time it takes for internet data to arrive after it has been requested.

    PC Authority 2010

  • Latency, which is not the same as speed, is the time it takes for internet data to arrive after it has been requested.

    PC Authority 2010

  • This stage, often called the Latency, is a time when we are capable of learning and accomplishing numerous new complex skills and knowledge.

    Xavier Thoughts 2009

  • That "Latency" group sounds interesting - it includes DPCs and interrupts along with process / thread create / delete and loader events (both of which it turns out are needed if you want to see what process anything is happening in).

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • That "Latency" group sounds interesting - it includes DPCs and interrupts along with process / thread create / delete and loader events (both of which it turns out are needed if you want to see what process anything is happening in).

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • Tight / Undocumented Latency Needs -- in designing data center deployments, we have worked with buyers whose SAN needed to be no further than 20 feet away from their servers because their applications would time out otherwise.

    Tony Greenberg: Key Cloud Migration Decisions Tony Greenberg 2011

  • Latency can be an issue with large files, but it's a very useful feature.

    SugarSync Offers 2GB Of Free Windows/Mac/Mobile Syncing | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Latency will be their biggest problem, but probably doable if they spend a few thousand flight-hours on test flights.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Acquiring UAV Technology 2010

  • Tight / Undocumented Latency Needs -- in designing data center deployments, we have worked with buyers whose SAN needed to be no further than 20 feet away from their servers because their applications would time out otherwise.

    Tony Greenberg: Key Cloud Migration Decisions Tony Greenberg 2011

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