Latency
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Latency or latent may refer to:
- Latency period (also latent period or incubation period), the time between exposure to a pathogen, chemical or radiation, and when symptoms first become apparent
- Latency stage, a term coined by Sigmund Freud for a stage in a child's psychosexual development
- Latency (audio)Latency (audio)Latency refers to a short period of delay between when an audio signal enters and when it emerges from a system...
, the delay necessitated by the conversion between analog and digital representations of sound data - Latency (engineering)Latency (engineering)Latency is a measure of time delay experienced in a system, the precise definition of which depends on the system and the time being measured. Latencies may have different meaning in different contexts.-Packet-switched networks:...
, a measure of the time delay experienced by a system - CAS latencyCAS LatencyColumn Address Strobe latency, or CL, is the delay time between the moment a memory controller tells the memory module to access a particular memory column on a RAM memory module, and the moment the data from given array location is available on the module's output pins...
, computer memory latency - Nuclear latencyNuclear latencyNuclear latency is the condition of a country possessing the technology to quickly build nuclear weapons, without having actually yet done so. Because such latent capability is not proscribed by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as a work-around of the treaty this is sometimes called the "Japan...
, the condition of a country capable of developing nuclear weapons but not yet possessing them - The LatencyThe LatencyThe Latency is a pop rock band from Maple Ridge, BC. They formed in 2006 from the remains of three previous bands. They have since signed to Maple Music and released their self-titled debut album on September 8, 2009. They will be releasing a second album in 2011.On September 1, 2010 it was...
, a Canadian pop rock band - Sleep onset latencySleep onset latencyIn sleep science, sleep onset latency is the length of time that it takes to accomplish the transition from full wakefulness to sleep, normally to the lightest of the non-REM sleep stages.-Sleep latency studies:...
, the time it takes a person to fall asleep - Virus latencyVirus latencyVirus latency is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle. A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic viral infection...
, the ability of a virus to remain dormant - Latent RecordsLatent RecordsLatent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label owned and operated by Cowboy Junkies. The label's current incarnation is a downloading website where tracks from the old catalog, and new releases can be purchased and downloaded for play on computers and portable devices.-History:The label...
, an independent Canadian record label