Access time
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Access time is the time delay or latency between a request to an electronic system, and the access being completed or the requested data returned
In a computer and software systems, it is the time interval between the instant at which an instruction control unit initiates a call to retrieve data or a request to store data, and the instant at which delivery of the data is completed or the storage is started. Note that in distributed software systems, access time or latency) should be measured through '99th percentile.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Understanding Distributed Systems: What every developer should know about large distributed applications. 2021. ISBN 978-1838430207.
This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).