I too like idle and working. On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 12:42 AM Erik Auerswald <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I, too, think that "idle" and "working" seem to be > useful terms here. An alternative to "idle" might > be "minimum," since this implies that the latency > is not always at the minimum. > > Thanks, > Erik > > On 05.05.21 02:14, James R Cutler wrote: > > Jason, > > > > I find “idle” and “working” to be understandable both individually and as > > opposites in almost any field or endeavor. These terms also mesh with > > typical speed test instructions regarding testing under idle conditions > > without working internet applications. > > > > James > > > >> On May 4, 2021, at 7:02 PM, Livingood, Jason via Bloat > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Like many of you I have been immersed in buffer bloat discussions for many > >> years, almost entirely within the technical community. Now that I am > >> starting to explain latency & latency under load to internal non-technical > >> folks, I have noticed some people don’t really understand “traditional” > >> latency vs. latency under load (LUL). > >> > >> As a result, I am planning to experiment in some upcoming briefings and > >> call traditional latency “idle latency” – a measure of latency conducted > >> on an otherwise idle connection. And then try calling LUL either “active > >> latency” or perhaps “working latency” (suggested by an external colleague > >> – can’t take credit for that one) – to try to communicate it is latency > >> when the connection is experiencing normal usage. > >> > >> Have any of you here faced similar challenges explaining this to > >> non-technical audiences? Have you had any success with alternative terms? > >> What do you think of these? > >> > >> Thanks for any input, > >> Jason > > > _______________________________________________ > Bloat mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat
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