lag

v. fall behind, fail to keep up with the established pace, straggle; develop slowly; linger, tarry; slacken, flag, weaken; imprison (British Slang); insulate (from heat)

n. (British Slang) criminal, prisoner, ex-convict; prison time

n. slowness; lateness; delay, lingering; (Computers) lapse resulting from slow response time between two computers; measurement of delay (Mechanics); rim of a drum

In computing and especially computer networks, a lag is a symptom where result of an action appears later than expected. While different kinds of latency are well defined technical terms, lag is the symptom, not the cause.Communications latency is the time taken for a packet of data to be sent from one application, travel to, and be received by another application. This includes transit time over the network, and processing time at the source and the destination computers. Specifically, this is the time for encoding the packet for transmission and transmitting it, the time for that serial data to traverse the network equipment between the nodes, and the time to get the data off the circuit. This is also known as "one-way latency". A minimum bound on latency is determined by the distance between communicating devices and the speed at which the signal propagates in the circuits (typically 70-95% of the speed of light). Actual latency is much higher, due to packet processing in networking equipment, and other traffic.
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The La Grange Road Amtrak station is a train station in La Grange, Illinois, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is also one of two Metra stations serving the BNSF Railway commuter line in La Grange. The other is best known as La Grange-Stone Avenue.
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Lag 1. the time between application of a stimulus and the reaction. 2. the period after inoculation of bacteria into a culture medium, in which [more]Lag - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the act of slowing down or falling behind
(synonym) slowdown, retardation
(hypernym) delay, holdup
(derivation) dawdle, fall back, fall behind
2. the time between one event, process, or period and another
(synonym) interim
(hypernym) time interval, interval
(hyponym) interregnum
3. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
(synonym) stave
(hypernym) slat, spline
(part-holonym) barrel, cask
Verb
1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
(synonym) dawdle, fall back, fall behind
(hypernym) follow
(hyponym) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
(derivation) slowdown, retardation
2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
(synonym) imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
(hypernym) confine, detain
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
(hypernym) flip, toss, sky, pitch
4. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) lagging

v. lie, lie down; recline, rest; be located, be