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Minimum seek time

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003683

The shortest amount of time required for the read/write head of a disk drive to move from its current track to an adjacent track. This metric is a component of the overall access time for data on a hard disk drive. It represents the fastest possible head movement between tracks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003683
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial electronics
Synonymstrack-to-track seek time
TranslationsGerman: Minimum Seek Time; Spanish: tiempo mínimo de búsqueda; French: temps de recherche minimum
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003683",
  "term": "Minimum seek time",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The shortest amount of time required for the read/write head of a disk drive to move from its current track to an adjacent track. This metric is a component of the overall access time for data on a hard disk drive. It represents the fastest possible head movement between tracks.",
  "synonyms": [
    "track-to-track seek time"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Minimum Seek Time",
    "es": "tiempo mínimo de búsqueda",
    "fr": "temps de recherche minimum"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/minimum-seek-time/"
}

Record 4,036 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.