access time

access time
   The period of time that elapses between a request for information from disk or memory and the arrival of that information at the requesting device.
   Memory-access time refers to the time it takes to transfer a character between memory and the processor.
   Disk-access time refers to the time it takes to place the read/ write heads over the requested data. RAM may have an access time of 80 nanoseconds or less, while hard-disk access time could be 10 milliseconds or less.

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