Seek Time

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Seek time The time it takes for a disk drive to move its head(s) from one track to another. The seek time depends on the power of the servo, the mass of the heads, the number of tracks traversed and the time taken to position the heads over the target track accurately enough to start data transfer. See also: average seek time, minimum seek time, maximum seek time. (1997-07-15). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Seek time

Seek time is a delay associated with reading or writing data on a computer's disk drive. In order to read or write data on a particular place on the disk the read/write head of the disk needs to be moved to the correct place (just as to play a particular song on a cassette of recorded music the tape needs to be wound to the right place). This process is known as "seeking" and the time it takes for the head to move to the right place is the "seek time". Usually one is interested in the average seek time.

In 2001 a typical seek time for a hard disk might be 6ms. Floppy disks usually have much longer seek times than hard disks.

Non-Fiction Usage: Seek Time

Expressions: Seek Time

Modern Translations: Seek Time

Language		Translations for "seek time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		søgetid (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, latency, search time, waiting time), ventetid (access motion time, access time, break in the work, dead time, delay time, down time, dwell, head positioning time, hold, latency, or disk heads or at the end of an acoustic tank, rotational delay, rotational delay-time, rotational latency, search time, the time spent waiting for the desired location to appear under the drum, time stood-off, time-out, unhook time, waiting time). (various references)

Dutch		zoektijd (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time). (various references)

French		temps de recherche (search time), temps de positionnement du bras (search time), temps d'accès (search time). (various references)

German		Suchzeit (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time). (various references)

Greek		χρόνος αναζήτησης (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time), χρόνος τοποθέτησης βραχιόνων (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time). (various references)

Italian		tempo di ricerca (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time). (various references)

Pig Latin		eeksay imetay

Portuguese		tempo de pesquisa (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time). (various references)

Spanish		tiempo de posicionamiento de la cabeza (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time), tiempo de búsqueda (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time), tiempo de acceso (access motion time, access time, head positioning time, search time). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Seek Time

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-k-m-s-t"
	-1 letter: meekest.
	-2 letters: esteem, kismet, mestee.
	-3 letters: emits, items, keets, kites, meets, metes, metis, mikes, mites, skeet, skite, smeek, smite, steek, stime, teems, tikes, times.
	-4 letters: ekes, emes, emit, item, keet, kist, kite, kits, meek, meet, mete, mike, mise, mist, mite, seek, seem, seme, semi, sike, site, skee, skim, skit, smit, stem, teem, tees, ties.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-k-m-s-t"
	+3 letters: timekeepers.
	+4 letters: timekeepings.
	+5 letters: kapellmeister.
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Alternative Orthography: Seek Time

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 65 6B 54 69 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01100101 01101011 00100000 01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#101 &#107 &#32 &#84 &#105 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0065 006B 0054 0069 006D 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Quantum Korea currently markets HDDs of "Fireball Ict" series, 7,200 rpm, Ultra ATA/66 interface type, 7.5 GB to 30GB of capacity and "Fireball Plus" series, 7,200 rpm, 8.5ms seek time, 10GB to 30GB of capacity. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Seek Time

Definition: Seek Time

Seek Time

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Seek Time

Computing

Specialty Definition: Seek time

Crosswords: Seek Time

Non-Fiction Usage: Seek Time

Business

Expressions: Seek Time

Modern Translations: Seek Time

Danish

Dutch

French

German

Greek

Italian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Spanish

Anagrams: Seek Time

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Seek Time

53 65 65 6B 54 69 6D 65

01010011 01100101 01100101 01101011 00100000 01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101

&#83 &#101 &#101 &#107 &#32 &#84 &#105 &#109 &#101

0053 0065 0065 006B 0054 0069 006D 0065

53717177254757971

INDEX

Expressions using "seek time": average seek time ♦ maximum seek time ♦ minimum seek time. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.