Response Time

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The time elapsed between when a request is made and when that request is fulfilled. May occur on any tier or combination of tiers of the system. Commonly the time from when a web browser has finished sending a request to when it starts receiving the response from the web application. AKA Round Trip Time.

Response time is the time from when a Web browser has finished sending a request to when it starts receiving the response from the Web application; this time is also called the round-trip time. The perceived response time is the time from the beginning of the user action that generates a request to the end of the receipt of the response.

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