access time

/ˌækˈsɛs taɪm/
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Definitions of access time
  1. noun
    (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive
    “access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead”
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    type of:
    interval, time interval
    a definite length of time marked off by two instants
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