Definition: netlag

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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

netlag

   <networking> A condition that occurs when the delays in the
   IRC network, a MUD connection, a telnet connection, or
   any other networked interactive system, become severe enough
   that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,
   causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays
   of up to a minute.  (Note that this term has nothing to do
   with mainstream "jet lag").

   [Jargon File]

   (1996-06-21)

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) 

netlag n. [IRC, MUD] A condition that occurs when the delays in the
   IRC network or on a MUD become severe enough that servers briefly
   lose and then reestablish contact, causing messages to be delivered in
   bursts, often with delays of up to a minute. (Note that this term has
   nothing to do with mainstream "jet lag", a condition which hackers tend
   not to be much bothered by.) Often shortened to just `lag'.