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seek time

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



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With read/speeds of 120-143Mb/s and write speeds of 80-93Mb/s and with seek times of less than 0.
Seek times are measured in milliseconds and are basically a gauge of how rapidly a software program can locate the data it requires on a given hard drive.
With competitive seek times in the industry, Samsung's COMBO offers Average Access Times of 120ms for DVD and 110ms for CD.
 
 
 
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