inputdelay
nounUK /ˈɪnpʊt dɪˌleɪ/
US /ˈɪnpʊt dɪˌleɪ/
Input delay is the short wait between when you press a button and when the game or screen reacts.
The input delay made it hard to jump over the obstacle in time.
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2. The time a computer takes to accept data from a device like a keyboard or mouse.
The old keyboard had a noticeable input delay when typing fast.
3. A pause in a system before it starts processing a command.
Engineers measured the input delay of the new touchscreen.
4. In music software, the gap between playing a note and hearing the sound.
Lowering the buffer size reduced the input delay while recording.