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access time
length of time that a data storage device, associated with a computer, takes to process and return data from the time of the original request for the data.
access time
- time taken by a computer or automated typewriter to locate data or an instruction word in its memory (storage) and transfer it.
- time taken to transfer information from a computer or automated typewriter to the location in that device where it will be stored.
access time
the amount of time needed by a memory device to transfer data to the CPU.
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