access time
nounComputers.
the elapsed time from the instant that information is called from a storage unit to the instant it is received.
the elapsed time from the instant that information is ready for storage to the instant it is stored.
Origin of access time
1First recorded in 1945–50
- Compare word time.
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How to use access time in a sentence
The amount of access time guaranteed by the computing center may not be sufficient.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.
British Dictionary definitions for access time
access time
noun
computing the time required to retrieve a piece of stored information
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