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Dane Springmeyer committed Nov 7, 2017
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### performant

Not yet an official word in English. Usually meant to refer to a program that performs well enough by some measure. Prefer describing a program as either having acceptable [performance](#performance) or acceptable [efficiency](#efficiency). Or consider if a better described as fast or [low latency](#latency).
Not yet an official word in English. Usually meant to refer to a program that performs well enough by some measure. Prefer describing a program as either having acceptable [performance](#performance) or acceptable [efficiency](#efficiency). Or consider if your program is better described as fast, [responsive](#responsive), or [low latency](#latency).

See also <https://english.stackexchange.com/a/196609>

### responsive

A term used to describe when a program or API has a quick [response time](#response-time).

See also <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsiveness>

### latency

A term used to describe [response time](#response-time). A low latency system responds quickly. Systems that are low latency even under increased load (more requests) have the potential to be highly [scalable](#scalable).
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