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In video games, '''input lag''' is either the delay between the television or monitor receiving a signal and it being displayed on the screen<ref>http://www.flatpanelshd.com/focus.php?subaction=showfull&id=1229335064</ref> (see [[input lag#Display lag|display lag]] below), or the delay between pressing a button and seeing the game react.<ref>http://www.anandtech.com/show/2803</ref>
==Potential causes of delay from pressing a button to the game reacting==
The potential causes for "input lag"- according to the second definition- are described below (steps which have negligible contributions to the input lag have been omitted). Each step in the process increases "input lag", however the net result may be unnoticeable if the overall "input lag" is low enough.
