- the state of being latent.
- latent period.
- the period of delay when one component of a hardware system is waiting for an action to be executed by another component.
- the time required online or in a network for the one-way or round-trip transfer of data between two nodes.
- (in virtual reality and other types of simulation) the discrepancy between the time delay of stimulus and response in the simulation as compared to the real-world equivalent.