When gaming people talk about “lags” and you don’t know what that means? We’ll tell you what’s behind the term and how you use it.
That means lag: delay
The English term “lag” means something like “delayed” or “lagging behind”. In computer networks and telephone systems, the term describes the unusual delay in transmission.
What causes lags
A “lag” is usually a connection error between the server and client. Overloading individual parts of a network connection causes problems with the transmission of the data packets. Poor system performance of the server or a client can also be the cause of “lags”.
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Lags while gaming
When gaming, especially in Ego-Shootern Lags are particularly annoying. Due to the delay, players see an outdated picture of the situation and cannot react. As a result, they do not succeed in the move or their jerky movements exploit the position of the players.
The jerky movement of the player is also often flawed as low FPS number designated. The frame rate depends on the performance of the computer, but with a “real” lag, the gamer’s environment remains fluid. If there are delays due to the internet connection or the like, this is also called “FPS lag”.
This is how you use lag
You can easily use the term “lag” yourself. Either Germanized as “lagging” if your game stalls or you can call someone who brings the game to a standstill as a “lagger”. If a player takes advantage of the defenseless Lagger, he will Fragg referred to as “lagkill”.
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