"access time" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaksɛsˌtʌɪm/ Audio: en-ca-access_time.ogg [Canada] Forms: access times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} access time (countable and uncountable, plural access times)
  1. (computing) The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a storage device and the completion of this action. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: average access time, disk access time Translations (time interval between requesting and completing): atingotempo (Esperanto), waktu akses (Indonesian), waktu capaian (Malay)
    Sense id: en-access_time-en-noun-oCwp1PEm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'time interval between requesting and completing': 95 5
  2. (computing) An item of metadata indicating when a file was last accessed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-access_time-en-noun-kDc3QG6r Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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