seek time

Fixed head devices avoid the seek time, while the head moves to the data.

Seek time - Time needed to move the head to a new position (specific track).

But he was barred from acting by a judge seeking time to study constitutional issues.

Another approach might have been simply to preach patience, to seek time for his initiatives to take root.

After seeking additional time for questioning, the couple were charged with murder on 30 May 2012.

The hard drive, it goes on, has an average seek time of 17.6 milliseconds.

If the initial location of the head was the desired track then the seek time would be zero.

"I don't know what he means to do," she said hurriedly, seeking time against the pressure of her own conviction.

The beneficial feature of the 9840 tape technology is its fast seek time for small file access; these are the performance drives.

Back and back gave Tranter, ever seeking time for a last cut.