response time
Speed of reply
Response time is how long it takes for something to react after being triggered.
In computing, it measures the delay between a user's input and the system's output: The server's response time was under 50 milliseconds.
Emergency services track response time from dispatch to arrival.
In psychology, it measures how quickly a subject reacts to a stimulus.
Faster response times generally indicate better performance or readiness.
Enforced waiting period
- lagPeriod of falling behind
- pingBrief metallic tone
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- jitterSmall, rapid variation
network · packet loss · congestion · round-trip · timeout · handshaking · propagation · queueing
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- loadCarried weight or burden
capacity · tuning · caching · indexing · database · query · server · CPU
delay
Enforced waiting period
jitter · network · packet loss · congestion · round-trip · timeout · handshaking · propagation · queueing · throttling
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
load · capacity · tuning · caching · indexing · database · query · server · CPU · memory
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
rapid · prompt · delayed · sluggish · snappy · swift · immediate · brisk · zippy · instantaneous
milliseconds
Thousandths of a second
benchmark · stopwatch · timer · metrics · baseline · percentile · average · median · threshold · monitoring
- submissionssubmit, query letter, application, entry, request
- Operations Metricsthroughput, capacity utilization, downtime, uptime, capacity
- performance testload test, stress test, benchmark, speed test, endurance test
- Process ControlPID, PLC, setpoint, feedback loop, control valve
- security metricsfalse positives, false negatives
- speedspeed, quickness, rate, velocity, pace
response timelag
Period of falling behind
delay · latency · wait time · downtime · slow response
time, response, respond, responsive, responding, responded, unresponsive, responds, responsiveness