processing time

Definitions of processing time
  1. noun
    the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure
    “they increased output by decreasing processing time”
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    interval, time interval
    a definite length of time marked off by two instants
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