COMPUTER NETWORKING

APPLICATION LAYER

CLIENT SERVER PARADIGM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is meant by latency in the performance of a network? (6-9)
A
The amount of time data takes to travel from the source to the destination
B
The maximum rate that data can be transferred at
C
The number of errors that are found in a data packet after transmission
D
The route a packet takes when it is being transmitted
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Measure of the responsiveness of a network, often expressed as the round-trip time (in milliseconds); that is, the time between initiating a network request and receiving a response. High latency tends to have more impact than bandwidth on the end-user experience in interactive applications, such as Web browsing.

Detailed explanation-2: -In computer networking and internet communications, data latency is the time it takes data to travel from a source to a destination.

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