seek time in English

noun
1
the time taken for a disk drive to locate the area on the disk where the data to be read is stored.
Further, optimizing the drives being backed up can help reduce the seek times required to locate the data that will be backed up.

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1. The way to optimize seek time is to distribute the data onto more than one disk.

2. Accessing data in memory eliminates seek time when querying the data, which provides faster and more predictable performance than disk.

3. Its average track-to-track seek time is 1.5 ms; with an average read/write seek time of 12/14 ms; and a maximum data transfer rate of 300 MB/s. The MHZ2 BH series acoustic noise level is 2.4 bels(*2) in idle mode whilst offering an operating shock tolerance of 325G (2ms).

4. MiniDiscs use rewritable magneto-optical storage to store the data. Unlike the Digital Compact Cassette , or the (analog) compact audio cassette , the disc is a random-access medium, making seek time very fast.

5. 2 days ago · RBI, Sebi seek time to file response in Yes Bank AT1 Bondholder case Yes Bank’s AT1 bonds worth Rs8,415 crore were written down in full in March last year