1630s, "condition of being concealed," from latent + -cy. Meaning "delay between stimulus and response" is from 1882; computer sense (latency time) is from 1954.
雙語例句
1. Optimize for responsiveness; accommodate latency.
優化響應能力, 調節延遲時間.
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2. For God sakes , Alvy, even Freud speaks of a latency period!
拜托,艾爾維, 即使弗洛伊德都說有性潛伏期!
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3. Six studies gave results for malignant brain tumours in that latency group.
有六個研究在潛伏期的族群當中發現惡性腦瘤.
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4. Would latency between you and the cloud - service provider pose a problem?
你和云服務供應商之間的延遲會不會成為問題?
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5. The average latency at which failed publish requests are processed.