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Re:Move to NYC. Hack on cool stuff. Enjoy startup life by CatBaby on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @10:01PM (#854166)
We in the industry call it "low latency". Does anyone know where this term "high frequency" came from? Not that it matters.
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Re:Move to NYC. Hack on cool stuff. Enjoy startup life by cinkler on Thursday October 01, 2009 @10:29AM (#854959)
It is somehow related - one can not achieve usable "high frequency" without low latency. So frequency = volume, latency = price accuracy in time.
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