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access time

/ˈaksɛsˌtʌɪm/

access time noun: 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.

Noun

access time (countable and uncountable, plural access times)

  1. 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.1986, Roger R Flynn, An Introduction to Information Science
  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 […]2005, Brian Wotring, Bruce Potter, Marcus J Ranum, Rainer Wichmann, Host Integrity Monitoring Using Osiris and Samhain

access time meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

access time in Tamil

அணுகுநேரம், அடையுநேரம், அடையும் நேரம், எட்டும் நேரம், அணுக்க நேரம்

access time in Malay

time interval between requesting and completing
waktu capaian

access time in Indonesian

time interval between requesting and completing
waktu akses

Forms of access time

pluralaccess times

Origin of access time

First attested in 1948.

Words formed from access time

Questions about access time

What does access time mean?
Access time means 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.
What is access time in Tamil?
Access time in Tamil is அணுகுநேரம், அடையுநேரம், அடையும் நேரம். See Access time meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is access time?
Access time is a noun.
How do you pronounce access time?
Access time is pronounced /ˈaksɛsˌtʌɪm/.
What is the plural of access time?
The plural of access time is access times.

Words near access time in the dictionary

  1. access road
  2. access roads
  3. access specifier
  4. access specifiers
  5. ACCESS test
  6. access time
  7. access times
  8. access token
  9. access tokens
  10. access violation
  11. access violations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: access time (page history and authors); access time (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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