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slang term for when the reqirements of a program (usually a game) is greater than the physical capabilities of the user's system. (For example, an internet game which runs slowly because the user's internet connection is too slow) A teltale sign of lag is a choppy image instead of a smooth image.
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'''Lag''' is a slang term for the slowdown that happens when the requirements of a program are greater than the physical capabilities of the computer running it. Lag can be confined to a program running on a single user's computer or, in the case of a program accessed ''en masse'' from a host server, can be experienced by several users at the same time.{{who says}}

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Lag is a slang term for the slowdown that happens when the requirements of a program are greater than the physical capabilities of the computer running it. Lag can be confined to a program running on a single user's computer or, in the case of a program accessed en masse from a host server, can be experienced by several users at the same time.[Who says?]