Hypernym

noun

a definite length of time marked off by two instants

Part_meronym

noun

(computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track

noun

(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

(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

noun

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

access time 1

noundomain: time

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive

Examples

1.access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead

Part_holonym

noun

(computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track

noun

(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

(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

noun

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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