netlag

networking A condition that occurs when the delays in the

IRC network, a MUD connection, a telnet connection, or

any other networked interactive system, become severe enough

that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,

causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays

of up to a minute. (Note that this term has nothing to do

with mainstream "jet lag").

[Jargon File]

(1996-06-21)