input lag
Controller response delay
Input lag is the delay between a user's action and the system's response—the time from pressing a button to seeing something happen on screen.
The term appears most often in gaming and video contexts, where even small delays affect performance: This monitor has almost no input lag.
High input lag makes games feel sluggish and unresponsive.
- latencyDelay in system response
- delayEnforced waiting period
- response timeInterval before reacting
- frame rateDisplay refresh frequency
- millisecondsThousandths of a second
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input lagresponsiveness
Readiness to react
low latency · snappiness · 1 · response · buttery smooth
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