What is Network Latency and why is it important?
Latency (sometimes referred to as Lag) is the time taken for a packet of information to perform a round trip, for example from a PC to a Web Server and back. Some applications such as email are not sensitive to latency because it does not matter if emails take a couple of seconds to travel back and forth. However, other applications such as Terminal Services and Citrix can perform horribly on networks with high latency.
