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Throughput vs Latency - What's the difference?

throughput | latency |

As nouns the difference between throughput and latency

is that throughput is (operations) the rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed while latency is the state of being latent.

throughput

English

Alternative forms

* thruput

Noun

(en noun)
  • (operations) The rate of production; the rate at which something can be processed.
  • * The factory managed a throughput of 120 units per hour.
  • * 1927 , Harald Nielsen, "Distillation of Carbonaceous Materials" [http://www.google.com/patents?id=uPpbAAAAEBAJ&dq=throughput&jtp=1], US Patent 1886262, line 70:
    • "if the rate of heating is substantially reduced, not only is the throughput of the apparatus diminished and the cost of the process increased, but the properties of the resultant coke are detrimentally affected."
  • (networking) The rate at which data is transferred through a system.

    • Derived terms

    * system throughput * aggregate throughput * maximum throughput

    Anagrams

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    latency

    English

    (wikipedia latency)

    Noun

    (latencies)
  • The state of being latent.
  • (electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
  • (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being latent) hiddenness, invisibility * lag (casual) * delay