1. (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
   - rotational latency 
2. The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
   - reaction time, response time, latent period 
3. The state of being not yet evident or active

Derived forms: latencies

See also: latent

Type of: interval, potency, potential, potentiality, time interval

Part of: access time

Encyclopedia: Latency

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