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Latency

Latency is the time needed for one action or result. Throughput is the number of actions or results completed per unit of time.

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  • Performance vs scalability
  • Throughput
  • Scalability

Source: system-design-primer/README.md at master · donnemartin/system-design-primer · GitHub. Checked 2026-11-03.