netlag

English

Etymology

net +‎ lag

Noun

netlag (uncountable)

1. (computing) The delay arising from communication between networked computers.
   • 2002, Lori Kendall (quoting "henri"), Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online (page 26)

     Unknown thinking, typing, and netlag times make it impossible to tell [whether a participant in online chat is fully attentive].

   • 2011, Jonathan Hayward, Django JavaScript Integration: AJAX and jQuery:

     If our test script is deployed live on a faraway web server, with netlag we could fairly easily click the button twice before the response came back […]

Anagrams

• gelant, langet, tangle