access time

noun
/ˈaksɛsˌtʌɪm/

Etymology

First attested in 1948.

Definitions

  1. The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a…

    The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a storage device and the completion of this action.

    • Random access files have a fast access time, but they cannot easily produce sequential lists.
  2. An item of metadata indicating when a file was last accessed.

    • It is difficult to monitor both the access time and the change time, because monitoring the file attributes resets the access time […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for access time. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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