data access time

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Time taken by a computer, or a data storage device or medium, to respond to a user's request for data. Typical access times are: CD-ROM drive, 200 milliseconds; hard drive, 15 milliseconds; Random Access Memory (RAM), 70 nanoseconds. See also data transfer rate.

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