When you say "Lag" what do you mean?

[PliotronX]

There is network lag and then there is input lag. Low framerate causes the symptom of input lag particularly with Vsync and most especially with triple buffering. Generally when speaking of lag, I assume it's network lag.

 

[JJChicken]

It is very cool, ignore the New Zealander, they're all stupid.

truth.

 

[Meghan54]

Lag is used to describe a few different things, participate in this pole to see who is right

one is obviously correct though, hahah!

When I hear the word lag, context is important.

You can lag pool balls or marbles to determine who goes first.

You can use a lag screw or bolt.

You can lag something to insulate it, like a boiler.

You can be talking to a mason about a lag, which is a crosspiece between ribs.

You can lag, or fall behind, in a race or while walking or in school or in production from a factory or in growth or development.

A power supply's response can lag in response to voltage changes.

 

[Sea Moose]

I use "lag" at work on big hvac systems.

You usually have a "lead" and a "lag" compressor.

The lead comp gets called up first and the lag.... you guessed it! gets called up 2nd

 

[F1N3ST]

IMO stupid people say it's poor framerates.

 

[BassBomb]

i say lag for any slowdown, it doesnt even have to be computer related

 

[darkxshade]

Lag can be used in any way to describe slowness or falling behind. That's what its very definition is. This is not a unique technical word that was invented by computing so it should be fine for either scenarios.

 

[Matthiasa]

Depends. 😛
I've used it for both of those, but tend to mention my screen if it's the second one. 😛
Yeah I know it's just a lower fps amount but it's easier and quicker just to say lag since most people know what's ment given context.

And yes I know the first one is the official correct one for computing but so what. 🙁

 

[CZroe]

Latency, even if it isn't enough to cause hitches. Idiots started calling low performance "lag," but they are wrong. In Quake III Arena, if I missed you with a rail shot that would have connected in LAN play, I say that it's lag. If everything hitched and youfroze for a second, allowing me to nail you due to network performance, that's "lag" as well. You lag behind and the mercies can tolerate it to a certain extent, but it's lag none-the-less.