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P50 / P95 / P99 (Percentiles)
/'pee.fifty slash 'pee.ninetyfive slash 'pee.ninetynine per'seh.nteyelz/Latency percentiles used to describe typical vs. tail performance. Tail latency (P95/P99) often matters more for user experience than the average. (noun)
“P95 jumped after we enabled a heavier retrieval step.”
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