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Noun: access time  ak-ses tIm
  1. (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"

Derived forms: access times

Type of: interval, time interval

Encyclopedia: Access time