processing time

English Thesaurus

1. the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure (noun.time)

hypernym	:	interval, time interval,
definition	:	a definite length of time marked off by two instants (noun.time)

hyponym	:	command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time, overhead,
definition	:	(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command (noun.time)