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Think time is an artificially induced delay within a [[Load Testing]] script that simulates the realistic pause of a user while reading the contents of a page or interacting with elements on a site.
Think time plays a role in [[Making load testing scripts more realistic]] and [[Increasing throughput of a load test]].
## Think time in [[Load Testing Tool]]s
### [[JMeter Timers|Think time in JMeter]]
### [[Think time in Gatling]]