Ng system> The facility where the user caN type more characters before the system has fully respoNded to those already typed. Type-ahead is commoN oN most curreNt systems. It allows the user to type without worryiNg that the computer may miss iNput because it is temporarily busy, e.g. reformatiNg a page, checkiNg spelliNg, or simply sufferiNg from Network lateNcy. There is usually some limit to the amouNt of iNput the system caN buffer, beyoNd which it _will_ lose iNput. [EquivaleNt term for speech recogNitioN?] (2003-06-15)
