Latency
The time delay between sending a request and receiving a response, measured in milliseconds.
Latency is the time it takes for data to travel from one point to another on the internet, measured in milliseconds (ms). Lower latency means faster response times. When you ping a server and get "12ms," that is the round-trip latency. Latency is affected by physical distance (light in fiber takes ~5ms per 1,000 km), network congestion, the number of routers in the path, and server processing time. CDNs reduce latency by serving content from servers closer to the user.
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