access time
Memory fetch duration
Access time is the interval between requesting data and receiving it.
In computing, it measures how quickly a storage device—hard drive, RAM, or cache—can retrieve information.
Faster access times mean snappier performance: Solid-state drives have dramatically lower access times than traditional hard drives.
The term also applies to any system where retrieval speed matters.
latency
Delay in system response
disk · SSD · HDD · seek · read · write · throughput · bandwidth · I/O · buffer
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