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noun Computers.
the elapsed time from the instant that information is called from a storage unit to the instant it is received.
the elapsed time from the instant that information is ready for storage to the instant it is stored.
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Origin of access time
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby access time
accessory nerve, accessory pigment, accessory shoe, access point, access road, access time, accessway, acciaccatura, accidence, accident, accidental
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How to use access time in a sentence
The amount of access time guaranteed by the computing center may not be sufficient.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
British Dictionary definitions for access time
access time
noun
computing the time required to retrieve a piece of stored information
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