access time

1. (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive (synset 115196904)
   "access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead"
   referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
   is a type of: interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
   has:

   • seek time - (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track
   • latency, rotational 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
   • command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, overhead - (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

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