| NOUN | time | access time | (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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| Meaning | (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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| Example | "access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead" | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Parts | command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead | (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command |
| rotational latency, latency | (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head | |
| seek time | (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track | |
| Broader | time interval, interval | A definite length of time marked off by two instants |
| Spanish | tiempo de acceso | |
| Catalan | temps d'accés | |
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