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Average seek time

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000351

The average amount of time required for a read/write head in a disk drive to move from one random track to another. This metric indicates the speed at which a drive can locate data on its platters. For hard disk drives, average seek times typically range from 3 to 15 milliseconds.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000351
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial electronics
TranslationsGerman: durchschnittliche Suchzeit; Spanish: tiempo medio de búsqueda; French: temps de recherche moyen
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000351",
  "term": "Average seek time",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The average amount of time required for a read/write head in a disk drive to move from one random track to another. This metric indicates the speed at which a drive can locate data on its platters. For hard disk drives, average seek times typically range from 3 to 15 milliseconds.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "durchschnittliche Suchzeit",
    "es": "tiempo medio de búsqueda",
    "fr": "temps de recherche moyen"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/average-seek-time/"
}

Record 374 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.