Response time may refer to: *The time lag between an electronic input and the output signal which depends upon the value of passive components used. *

Responsiveness Responsiveness as a concept of computer science refers to the specific ability of a system or functional unit to complete assigned tasks within a given time. For example, it would refer to the ability of an artificial intelligence system to unde ...

, how quickly an interactive system responds to user input * Response time (biology), the elapsed time from the presentation of a sensory stimulus to the completion of the subsequent behavioral response *

Response time (technology) In technology, response time is the time a system or functional unit takes to react to a given input. Computing Response time is the total amount of time it takes to respond to a request for service. That service can be anything from a memor ...

, the time a generic system or functional unit takes to react to a given input **

Display response time In technology, response time is the time a system or functional unit takes to react to a given input. Computing Response time is the total amount of time it takes to respond to a request for service. That service can be anything from a memory ...

, the amount of time a pixel in a display takes to change *

Round-trip delay time In telecommunications, round-trip delay (RTD) or round-trip time (RTT) is the amount of time it takes for a signal to be sent ''plus'' the amount of time it takes for acknowledgement of that signal having been received. This time delay includes p ...

, in telecommunications * Emergency response time, the amount of time that emergency responders take to arrive at the scene of an incident from the time that the emergency response system was activated *Search response time or query response time, the time it takes a

web server A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its secure variant HTTPS. A user agent, commonly a web browser or web crawler, initi ...

to respond when it receives a query

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