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Usually means: Delay in processor-memory communication.
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  1. wait state: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  1. wait state: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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Definitions from Wiktionary (wait state)

noun:  (computing) Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved

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