Latency
The time delay between a request and response in AI systems.
Definition
Latency refers to the time delay between submitting a request to an AI system and receiving a response. In document intelligence, latency affects user experience for interactive queries and throughput for batch processing. Factors affecting latency include model size, hardware, network conditions, and retrieval complexity. Production systems often trade off between latency, accuracy, and cost.
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