Disk seek - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Disk seek Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,726,023,971 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

seek time
(redirected from Disk seek)

    Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.

seek time

In computing, time taken for a read-write head to reach a particular item of data on a disk track.



How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
No references found
 
These include, to name only a few: disk RPM, disk seek time, disk data-rate, back-end bus data bandwidth, front-end bus data bandwidth, the number of front-end and back-end buses, cache size, protocol time, IOPS rate (for cache hits), as well as vendor unique and incomparable benchmark or stress testing results that are utterly incomparable to any other vendor's stress test results.
Building the first industry-standard storage benchmark by Reich, Roger / Computer Technology Review
The first priority of the Vayala search product is to keep disk seek counts to a minimum across the entire system, and cache information wherever possible.
Quepasa Announces Agreement to Acquire Vayala Corp.; Represents ... by Business Wire
They make the distinction between disk seek time at half that of IBM disks and
Comparing Top Ten Lists: IBM Vs. BCC Technologies by Chudnow, Christine / Computer Technology Review
More results
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.