Delay

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In its general sense, delay refers to a lapse of time. In other contexts, it may refer to one of many topics:

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

Physics and electronics

• Propagation delay, a measurement of the time for a signal to reach its destination
• Delay line, one of any technologies for shifting a signal in time

Audio

• Delay (audio effect), a technology for producing delayed playback of an audio signal

Computer Science

• Delay (programming), a programming language construct for delaying evaluation of an expression

Transporting

• Delay, an abnormity of adherence to timetable (see public transport timetables, airline timetables, traffic order, schedule, sailing list etc.)

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Music

• "Delay" a punk-pop band from Cleveland, Ohio signed to Plan-It-X Records
• . "Delay" is a band from Estonia. Members: Priit, Helari, Elis, Cristo. They have been preformed at "Saku suvi" , "Pop on olla noor" and "Esik". Their first song name is called "Suicide Girl".