- access time
- noun (C, U) technical the time taken by a computer to find and use a piece of information in its memory
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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 telecommunications system, access time is the delay between the start of an access attempt and successful … Wikipedia
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Access Control Matrix — or Access Matrix is an abstract, formal computer protection and security model used in computer systems, that characterizes the rights of each subject with respect to every object in the system. It was first introduced by Butler W. Lampson in… … Wikipedia
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