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latency

A delay in response; for example, the interval between the time that a sound buffer plays and the time that the speakers actually reproduce the sound.

light map

A texture or group of textures that contain lighting information for a 3-D scene.

lobby client

Lobby management routines associated with the user's computer, including launching applications, updating the user interface, and communicating with the lobby server.

lobby server

Lobby management routines associated with a remote server. The lobby server coordinates all the information about the users connected to a specific application.