response time
Definition
Noun: The period that passes from the moment a stimulus is presented until a reaction or reply to it occurs. It is a measure of the speed of a reaction.
Usage
"Response time" is used to quantify how quickly a system, person, or process reacts to an input or event. It is commonly measured in units of time (e.g., milliseconds, seconds).
Examples
- The website's fast response time is crucial for a good user experience.
- In an emergency, the response time of the ambulance service can be a matter of life and death.
- The study measured the average human response time to a visual cue.
Advanced Usage
- In computing: Often refers to the time a system or server takes to respond to a query or request.
- The database's query response time was optimized for better performance.
- In psychology and physiology: Refers to the latency between a sensory stimulus and a behavioral response.
- His auditory response time was tested in the laboratory.
Variants and Related Words
- Reaction time: A near-synonym, often used interchangeably, especially in psychological and physiological contexts.
- Latency: In technical contexts, especially computing and networking, "latency" is a closely related concept describing a delay before a transfer of data begins.
Synonyms
- Reaction time
- Latency (in technical contexts)
- Reply time
Antonyms
- (Conceptually) Delay, lag, downtime.
Noun
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the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
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