In its general sense, delay refers to a lapse of time. In other contexts, it may refer to one of many topics: Generally Latency Response time Law To delay payment of a debt, a crime in the United Kingdom Telecommunications and broadcasting Broadcast delay, a practice of time-shifting transmissions Delay encoding, a radio transmission technique Network delay, the delay of an IP packet within an IP network Lag Physics and electronics Propagation delay, a measurement of the time f… (More on Delay)