maximum seek time
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(Or full stroke seek time) The time it takes to seek over all tracks, i.e., from the innermost to the outermost or vice versa. The maximum seek time gives a worst-case measure of the speed of the drive which is useful in some real-time applications where it is important that data flows continuously (such as video editing or CD recording).
Last updated: 1997-07-15
Nearby terms:
maximum Maytag mode ♦ maximum seek time ♦ maximum segment size ♦ Maximum Transmission Unit
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