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Lag
In online gaming, lag is a noticeable delay between the action of players and the reaction of the server supporting the video game.
The tolerance for lag depends on the type of game. For instance, a strategy game or a turn-based game with a low pace may have a high threshold or even be mostly unaffected by high delays, whereas a twitch gameplay game such as a first-person shooter with a considerably higher pace may require significantly lower delay to be able to provide satisfying gameplay. However, the specific characteristics of the game matter. For example, fast chess is a turn-based game that is fast action and may not tolerate high lag. Also, some twitch games can be designed such that only events that don’t impact the outcome of the game introduce lag, allowing for fast local response most of the time.
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Lag (adjective)
late
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Lag (adjective)
Last; long-delayed.
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Lag (adjective)
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
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Lag (noun)
A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
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Lag (noun)
Delay; latency.
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Lag (noun)
One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
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Lag (noun)
a prisoner, a criminal.
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Lag (noun)
A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players 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.
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Lag (noun)
One who lags; that which comes in last.
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Lag (noun)
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
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Lag (noun)
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially 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.
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Lag (noun)
A bird, the greylag.
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Lag (verb)
to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
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Lag (verb)
to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
“(referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer) pedia|Building_insulation#The_history_of_thermal_insulation“
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Lag (verb)
To transport as a punishment for crime.
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Lag (verb)
To cause to lag; to slacken.
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Log (noun)
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
“They walked across the stream on a fallen log.”
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Log (noun)
Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
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Log (noun)
Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
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Log (noun)
A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
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Log (noun)
A blockhead; a very stupid person.
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Log (noun)
A longboard.
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Log (noun)
A rolled cake with filling.
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Log (noun)
A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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Log (noun)
A piece of feces.
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Log (noun)
A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)’s progress
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Log (noun)
A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
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Log (noun)
Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to disk
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Log (noun)
A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ⅓{{nbsp}}L).
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Log (noun)
logarithm.
“To multiply two numbers, add their logs.”
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Log (verb)
To cut trees into logs.
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Log (verb)
To cut down (trees).
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Log (verb)
To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
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Log (verb)
To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
“to log the miles travelled by a ship”
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Log (verb)
To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook
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Log (verb)
To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by chip log.
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Log (noun)
a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off
“a roaring log fire”
“she tripped over a fallen log”
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Log (noun)
an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft
“a ship’s log”
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Log (noun)
a regular or systematic record of incidents or observations
“keep a detailed log of your activities”
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Log (noun)
a set of claims for improved pay or conditions, lodged by a trade union on behalf of workers
“the union served a log on the employers in September, but it was refused”
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Log (noun)
an apparatus for determining the speed of a ship, originally one consisting of a float attached to a knotted line that is wound on a reel, the distance run out in a certain time being used as an estimate of the vessel’s speed.
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Log (noun)
the Ranfurly Shield, an interprovincial rugby union trophy competed for annually in New Zealand
“errors late in the game cost them a shot at the log of wood”
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Log (noun)
short for logarithm
“log x”
“log values”
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Log (verb)
enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record
“the incident has to be logged”
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Log (verb)
(of a ship, aircraft, or pilot) achieve (a certain distance, speed, or time)
“she had logged more than 12,000 miles since her launch”
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Log (verb)
make a systematic recording of events, observations, or measurements
“the virus can log keystrokes that you make when you log on to all sorts of services”
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Log (verb)
cut down (an area of forest) in order to exploit the timber commercially
“there are plans to log 250,000 hectares of virgin rainforest”