Question

___________ is the term used to describe the time taken from when a packet is sent to when the packet arrives at the destination. This is commonly referred to as "ping time" in various places such as online gaming.

Answer 1

Packet delay

Step-by-step explanation:

In measuring the efficiency of a network, one of the many factors to consider is packet delay. Packet delay is the total time taken for a data packet to travel from its source network to its destination. It is sometimes called latency.

High packet delay or latency are caused by, but not limited to, the following:

(i) The distance between the source network and the destination network

(ii) The size of the packet being transferred

(iii) The time taken to forward data - packet switching delay.