response times
How quickly answered
Response times measure how quickly something reacts—a system answering a query, emergency services reaching a scene, or a person replying to a message.
The term appears frequently in computing and customer service contexts: The server's response times have improved since the upgrade.
Faster response times generally indicate better performance or greater urgency.
Thousandths of a second
- secondsTime units, or extras
- latencyDelay in system response
- durationLength of existence
- intervalDuration between two points
stopwatch · benchmark · metrics · clock · timer · timestamp · percentile · median
Meeting minimum standards
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- patienceCalm during delays
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- perceivedBecame aware of
wait · delay · spinner · loading · abandonment · satisfaction · impatience · standard
Speedy, or skip eating
- slowLacking in speed
- quickMoving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
sluggish · snappy · laggy · delayed · prompt · swift · immediate · split-second
Expressing disapproval or importance
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- dispatchSend with speed
- 911Crisis response number
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
triage · reaction · alert · incident · outage · escalation · on-call · downtime
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- degradationDecline in condition
- improvementPositive change in quality
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
caching · efficiency · scalability · load · capacity · server · network · database
milliseconds
Thousandths of a second
interval · stopwatch · benchmark · metrics · clock · timer · timestamp · percentile · median · average
acceptable
Meeting minimum standards
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- patienceCalm during delays
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
perceived · wait · delay · spinner · loading · abandonment · satisfaction · impatience · standard · target
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
instantaneous · sluggish · snappy · laggy · delayed · prompt · swift · immediate · split-second · zippy
critical
Expressing disapproval or importance
ambulance · triage · reaction · alert · incident · outage · escalation · on-call · downtime · recovery
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- degradationDecline in condition
- improvementPositive change in quality
tuning · caching · efficiency · scalability · load · capacity · server · network · database · API
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- healthcare standardspatient safety, standard of care, clinical guidelines, safety standards, quality standards
- rural lawcadastre, land registry, tenant farming, grazing rights, sharecropping
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