netlag

2 definitions found

netlag - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  netlag
  lag
  
     <networking> A condition that occurs when the delays in the
     IRC network, a MUD connection, a telnet connection, or
     any other networked interactive system, become severe enough
     that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,
     causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays
     of up to a minute.  (Note that this term has nothing to do
     with mainstream "jet lag").
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-06-21)
  

netlag - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  netlag
   n.
  
     [IRC, MUD] A condition that occurs when the delays in the IRC
     network or on a MUD become severe enough that servers briefly lose
     and then reestablish contact, causing messages to be delivered in
     bursts, often with delays of up to a minute. (Note that this term has
     nothing to do with mainstream "jet lag", a condition which hackers
     tend not to be much bothered by.) Often shortened to just `lag'.