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lag or lagging




The span of time in which it appears your computer is frozen, in that it is not responding to input or not connecting to a requested Web site or URL. Also called a computer hang. In more serious cases, when a system has to be rebooted, a lag results in a computer crash.


NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon

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