Netlag

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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'.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  netlag
       
           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)