Jitter

Meaning – The term jitter, refers to the situation where there is a time delay in sending data packets over a network.

Essentially, the longer data packets take to arrive, the more jitter can negatively impact the video and audio quality.

This can be an annoyance when you’re using your computer for recreational purposes. It’s close to unbearable in a professional setting when you’re making a conference call or trying to connect to the team. Jitter can be the difference between a successful voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) call and a disastrous, glitchy one.

Example of usage “He was trying to transfer some important data to his colleague over his home network, but due to it being a bit slow, the jitter he suffered was absolutely unbearable.”