Delay of a signal in time, which can be caused by transmission, processing, rotation, and propagation delays
The amount of time it takes for the client request for a fragment to be fulfilled (that is, the amount of time it takes for the requested fragment to be viewable in the silverlight-enabled browser). typically, this is a few seconds. latency
The delay that occurs while data is processed or delivered.
The time required for a signal to travel from one point on a network to another.
