 Netcode as a term tends to be used only in the gaming community, as it is not recognized as an actual computer science term.Latency is an unavoidable fact of online games, caused by not only network latency, which is largely out of a game's control, but also latency inherent in the way game simulations are run.There are several lag compensation methods used to disguise, reduce, or cope with latency, however their feasibility varies by application.