Latency is the noun that belongs with latent: the stretch of time when something is already there but not showing, or not active yet. A virus can sit in latency in the body.

Latency latency is是 the noun that belongs with latent是跟latent（潛伏的）相配的名詞：the stretch of time也就是那段時間, when something is already there but not showing某個東西已經存在，卻還沒顯現出來, or not active yet或者還沒開始作用。A virus病毒 can sit in latency可以潛伏 in the body在體內。

A talent can stay in latency for years until someone asks you to use it. That is the older, more bookish sense, and it is the one tied to hidden / not yet noticeable.

A talent一種才能 can stay in latency可以潛伏 for years好幾年, until someone asks you to use it直到有人要你拿出來用。That這 is是 the older, more bookish sense比較古老、比較書面的用法, and而且 it它 is是 the one tied to hidden / not yet noticeable和「隱藏／還沒被注意到」綁在一起的那個用法。

Though actually, the way most learners meet this word now is in computers, phones, and games. There, latency is the wait — how long a signal takes to go and come back. High latency means the picture jumps or the game feels slow; people just call it lag.

Though actually不過, the way most learners meet this word now現在大多數學習者遇到這個字的方式 is是 in computers, phones, and games在電腦、手機和遊戲裡。There在那裡, latency latency is指的是 the wait等待的時間 — how long a signal takes to go and come back也就是訊號來回要花多久。High latency latency高的時候 means代表 the picture jumps畫面會跳格 or the game feels slow或遊戲會覺得慢; people just call it lag大家就直接叫它「lag」。

The two uses share a feeling of something not yet arrived in the open, but in tech talk nobody is thinking about hidden disease. They mean delay.

The two uses這兩種用法 share a feeling都帶著一種感覺 of something not yet arrived in the open也就是有東西還沒浮上檯面, but不過 in tech talk在科技用語裡 nobody is thinking about hidden disease沒有人會想到隱藏的疾病。They它們 mean指的就是 delay延遲。

It is a grown-up, technical word either way, not a kitchen word. It has nothing to do with being late for class, even though it looks a bit like late.

It它 is是 a grown-up, technical word一個成熟、專業的字 either way不管哪種用法都一樣, not a kitchen word不是日常廚房裡會用的字。It它 has nothing to do with跟...沒有關係 being late for class上課遲到, even though it looks a bit like late儘管它看起來有點像late這個字。