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{{wiktionary|Latent}}
'''''Latent''''' can mean "hidden", "presently inactive" or "potentially existing but not yet realized". In specific contexts, it can mean:
* [[Latent heat]], the amount of energy released or absorbed by a substance during a change of phase
* Latent [[geologic fault]]
* Latent medical condition, a condition that is present but not active or causing symptoms.
* Latent [[bud]], in some plants a bud that grows in favourable conditions but remains a bud until such conditions appear.
* [[Virus latency]], the "quiet" or dormant stage of life of a virus, when it does little but maintain its genome, until favourable conditions for the lytic phase appear, when it starts to replicate.
* Latent [[fingerprint]], the identifiable impression made by a finger, which is not immediately available (for example, because it is on a difficult surface such as [[skin]]) but can be made available ("developed") using some appropriate technique.
* [[Latent Recordings]], a record label
* [[Latent variable]]
'''''Latency''''' can mean:
* [[Latency (engineering)]], a time delay between the moment something is initiated and the moment its first effect begins.
* [[Latency (audio)]], the time delay in digital audio systems due to analog to digital conversions, processing and conversion back to analog.
* [[Memory latency]] and [[RAM latency]], the amount of time a computer needs to wait to get data from RAM.
* [[Input lag]], the latency between using an input device and the result being displayed.
* Communication [[lag]] or latency, the time taken for a packet of data to be sent by an application, travel and be received by another application.
* [[Incubation period]], the time between exposure to a pathogenic organism, or chemical or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent.
* [[Child sexuality#Middle_childhood|Latency in child sexuality]], a [[The_Latency_Phase_%286-12_years_of_age%29|psychoanalytic phase]], extending from roughly age 7 to 12, during which sexuality is repressed or sublimated (now more commonly called "middle childhood" and "prepubescence").
* [[Clinical latency]]
* [[Dormancy]]
An example of a virus that is Latent in many people for long periods of time is Mononucleosis.
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