What term is used to describe the measure of the amount of time it takes for a web page to fully load?

The measure of the amount of time it takes for a web page to fully load is best described by the concept of latency. Latency refers to the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer. In the context of web pages, this encompasses everything from the time taken for the server to respond to a request to the time taken to download all the resources needed for a complete webpage.

While bandwidth refers to the maximum data transfer rate of a network, it does not measure the time taken for a web page to load. Throughput is related to the amount of data successfully transferred over a network in a given time but is distinct from the loading time which also depends on factors such as latency and resource loading times. Capacity typically refers to the maximum load a system can handle and does not address loading time specifically. Therefore, the most accurate term for the time it takes for a web page to fully load is latency.