deadtime

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.
2. (countable, uncountable)The time, after an event, during which a system cannot respond to a second event.
3. (slang, uncountable)The serving of a prison sentence.

   “And I'll tell you something else, if you weren't a cop, I'd have you doin’ dead-time at Leavenworth, for life!”