Average access time

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000350",
  "term": "Average access time",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The average duration required for a computer system to locate and retrieve a piece of data from a storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid-state drive. This metric includes both the time taken to position the read/write head (seek time) and the time for the desired data to rotate under the head (rotational latency). Average access time is a key performance indicator for storage devices.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "durchschnittliche Zugriffszeit",
    "es": "tiempo medio de acceso",
    "fr": "temps d'accès moyen"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/average-access-time/"
}