“The latency of the pipe is 5 gallons a minute.”
Tech Entry 225 / 1011 60-second read
Latency vs. Throughput
Speed of a single unit versus total volume over time.
The comparisoni
“The latency is 50ms, but the throughput is 1GB per second.”
The ruleii
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LATENCY = delay (the time it takes for one packet to travel).
Both contribute to 'speed,' but you can have high throughput with high latency (like a huge truck moving slowly).
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Latency = How fast. Throughput = How much.