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lag
- noun A noticeable, regular delay in response to commands.
There are two types: commands are echoed slowly (ie. it takes
ages to get from your keyboard to the host and back to your
screen) - this is caused by comms
problems; commands are executed slowly (you types something, see
it come up on your screen, but your command doesn't get acted
on for some time) - this is caused by heavy host load.
Lag can be continuous (happening all the time)
or intermittent (after a brief period
of lag it goes away for a while before returning),
and can range in length from a split-second to minutes. If you are
dumped because of triggering some time-out through
lag, you are
said to have been lagged off. See hang.
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