latency
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“But reliability, upload performance, latency and long-term pricing usually matter more than the biggest number in the ad.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Arm’s core competency lies in latency and efficiency—which aligns well with hyperscaler needs,” Arcuri wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Encrypting data and routing it through remote servers can slow your connection and increase latency, especially during peak hours or if the server is far away.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
The speed with which that data moves between processors and memory chips governs the latency, or response time, for a query.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
The controllers monitored everything and were ready to help in any way they could, but the communication latency between Hermes and Earth rendered them powerless to do anything but watch.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
“We are investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 Region,” AWS said on its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
“As technologies and networks advance, with better bandwidth and lower latencies, mobile devices will be able to download even higher-quality content,” said Panayiotis Gabrielides, a senior official at the telecom company involved in the project.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
"There are plenty of three- and four-millisecond latencies already out there in everyday trading. It’s laughable."
From The Verge ● Jun. 17, 2016
In low earth orbit, with relatively low latencies, telerobotic systems can accomplish a great deal through direct manipulation.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2015
His revelation of natural truth, wrung from nature's inmost latencies and shown to us triumphantly, becomes a thing of beauty.
From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes
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