access time


nounComputers.
  1. the elapsed time from the instant that information is called from a storage unit to the instant it is received.

  2. the elapsed time from the instant that information is ready for storage to the instant it is stored.

Origin of access time

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for access time

access time

noun
  1. computing the time required to retrieve a piece of stored information

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