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Definitions of access time:

• The average time interval between a storage peripheral (usually a disk drive or semiconductor memory) receiving a request to read or write a certain location and returning the value read or completing the write.
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• The amount of time it takes a computer to locate an area of memory for data storage or retrieval.
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• The time required to retrieve data from a storage device and transmit it to a specified location.
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• The time it takes a computer to retrieve stored data. Technically speaking, access time is the time interval between the instant a computer calls for data from a storage medium (such as a hard disk, CD-ROM, or the Internet) and the instant the data is delivered. This can be a matter of seconds or minutes on the Web, depending on the speed of your connection. ...
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• The time it takes to retneve a piece of information. With hard disks or compact discs, maximum access time is mea sured as the time it takes to move from one end of the disc to the other end.
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• Refers to the amount of time taken to begin aquiring data.
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• (computer) The time interval between the instant at which information is: (a) called for from storage and the instant at which delivery is completed, (b) ready for storage and the instant at which storage is completed.
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• The time it takes for a drive to access a data track and begin transferring data. In an optical jukebox, the time it takes to locate a specific disk, insert it in an optical drive, and begin transferring data to the host system.
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• The total time by adding seek time with average latency.
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• the elapsed time between a request for data from a memory and the time when the data is furnished.
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• in computer science, generally, the time required for information to be gathered from some remote source, such as data from a computer's memory or data from a hard disk. With reference to memory handling, access time is the time it takes a memory system to present information to the microprocessor after an address has been selected. Sometimes the access time is taken as measured from a particular control signal. Eg. ...
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• Time taken to access a particular item of data.
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• How long a disk takes to find and retrieve a piece of data
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• The interval between the issuing of an access command and the instant that the target data may be read or written. Access time includes seek time, latency and controller overhead time.
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• Total time a storage device requires to find and retrieve a piece of information. For hard drives, access times typically range between 8ms and 20ms. For CD-ROM drives, access times range between 100ms 250 ms. For CD Recorder drives, access times range between 250ms 500 ms.
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• The time from a data transfer request to the completion of the transfer of the data.
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• The time taken to find the location of a specific piece of data or program; this information is used as a measure of the speeds of backing storage devices (such as disk drives).
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• (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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• In telecommunication, the term access time has the following meanings: # In a telecommunication system, the elapsed time between the start of an access attempt and successful access. Note: Access time values are measured only on access attempts that result in successful access. # In a computer, the time interval between the instant at which an instruction control unit initiates a call for data and the instant at which delivery of the data is completed. ...
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