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Network latency is a primary performance metric that measures the time delay experienced for data to travel across a network link or communication path.

Network Latency

How is network latency classified in the context of network evaluation?

What specific measurement does network latency quantify as data travels across a network link or communication path?

Bandwidth and latency represent two distinct dimensions of network performance that are frequently conflated. Bandwidth measures the data-carrying capacity per second, while latency measures transmission delay. As a result, increasing bandwidth does not inherently lower latency, and a high-bandwidth connection subject to significant response delays will still feel laggy.

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