seek time

noun

seek time

noun

Computer hardware, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The measurement of time required for the head assembly on the actuator arm of a hard drive to travel to the track of the disk where the data will be read or written.

Derived terms: average seek time, full stroke seek time, maximum seek time, minimum seek time, track-to-track seek time

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