response time

Meaning

1. The period of time between the application of a stimulus and the associated response from a cell or tissue.
2. The time taken for a person (or human-controlled system) to respond to a request.
3. The time taken for the display of an instrument to move to a new value following a step change.
4. The period of time between a request for a service and the associated response; typically the request is caused by a user at a terminal hitting the return key, and the response is displayed on a screen.

Synonyms

reaction time

latency

latent period

pick-up time

operation time

lag time

time to switch over

Translations

tempo de resposta

tiempo de respuesta

temps de réponse

Antwortzeit

yanıt süresi

latència

Ansprechzeit

Reaktionszeit

latência

temps de resposta

reactietijd

incubatietijd

espèra de responsa