noun
(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive
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access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑time interval, ↑interval
• Part Meronyms:
↑seek time, ↑rotational latency, ↑latency, ↑command processing overhead time, ↑command processing overhead, ↑command overhead, ↑overhead
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noun [noncount]
technical : the time required to get stored information from a computer memory
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the time taken to obtain data stored on a computer
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an average access time of less than 100 milliseconds
Useful english dictionary. 2012.