ACCESS TIME Definition & Meaning

access time

noun

Computers.

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.

access time

noun

computing the time required to retrieve a piece of stored information

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of access time¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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The SafeTrack program has allowed more access time, therefore the amount spent now is approaching the amount budgeted.

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Flash Is Fast Flash has a much faster access time than hard disks.

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Likewise, many enterprise storage systems only use a small portion of the available disk space they buy, storing data on the outer edges of disks reduces access time.

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Flash has a much faster access time than hard disks.

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But for much of the world's archived data, access time is not critical.

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