access time
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1. (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | interval, time interval, |
| definition | : | a definite length of time marked off by two instants (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | seek time, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | latency, rotational latency, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head (noun.time) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
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