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Meaning
Adj
●
Late.
●
Last; long-delayed.
●
Last made; hence,
made of
refuse
; inferior.
●
In Poker:
Loose (inclined to
play
many
starting
hands
, including
weak
ones
) and
aggressive
(inclined to
raise
often).
Noun
●
A
gap
, a
delay
; an
interval
created
by something not
keeping up
; a latency.
●
Delay; latency.
●
In British English:
One
sentenced
to
transportation
for a crime.
●
In British English:
A
prisoner
, a criminal.
●
In Snooker:
A method of
deciding
which
player
shall
start
. Both
player
s
simultaneously
strike
a
cue ball
from the
baulk line
to
hit
the
top
cushion
and
rebound
down the
table
; the
player
whose
ball
finishes
closest to
the
baulk
cushion
wins.
●
One who
lags
; that which
comes in
last.
●
The
fag-end
; the
rump
; hence, the
lowest
class.
●
In Engineering:
A stave of a
cask
,
drum
, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the
narrow
boards
or staves
forming
the
covering
of a
cylindrical
object
, such as a
boiler
, or the
cylinder
of a
carding machine
or
steam
engine.
●
A
bird
, the greylag.
Verb
●
To
fail
to
keep up
(the
pace
), to
fall
behind.
●
To
cover
(
for example
,
pipes
) with
felt
strips
or
similar
material
(referring to a
time lag
effect in
thermal
transfer).
●
In Computing & Video games:
To
respond
slowly.
●
In British English:
To
transport
as a
punishment
for crime.
●
In British English:
To
arrest
or apprehend.
●
To cause to
lag
; to slacken.
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Downtime
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Disconnections
Duration
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Stuttering
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Buffering
Error
Fall
Discrepancy
Mismatch
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Fluctuation
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