low latency
Near-instant response time
Low latency describes systems or connections with minimal delay between input and response.
In computing and telecommunications, latency measures the time data takes to travel from source to destination.
Low latency is critical for real-time applications like video calls, online gaming, and financial trading, where even milliseconds matter: The new server offers low latency for competitive gamers.
Often used attributively: a low-latency connection, low-latency audio.
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- real timeWithout processing delay
- realtimeImmediate, as events unfold
- pingBrief metallic tone
- millisecondsThousandths of a second
responsive · response time · buffer · streaming · bandwidth · instant · split second · quick · sync · network · throughput · jitter · gaming · high frequency trading · speed · response · tick · frame
- streamingNetflix, Hulu, streaming, stream, YouTube
- 5G Networks5G, antennas, base stations, spectrum, coverage
- latencydelay, lag, ping, response time, round trip time
- LTELTE, 4G, VoLTE, mobile broadband, downlink
- Streaming Protocolslive streaming, MMS
- Headphonesearphones, earpiece, headset, over-ear, on-ear headphones
low latencyunresponsive
Failing to react or reply
choppy · jerky · stuttering · rubber-banding · input lag