rotational latency
- noun
- Specialized
:
latencia rotacional
- The delay caused by rotational latency can impact the speed of file access on a hard drive.
Examples
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The most important performance characteristics of the disk devices are seek time, rotational latency, and command latency.
Academic text (2000) -
One of the most important aspects of disk performance is the difference between seek latency and rotational latency.
Blog text (15) -
In computing, rotational latency is crucial for understanding disk performance metrics.
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Factors such as rotational latency and seek time are essential in evaluating disk efficiency.
Synonyms
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4.1
A period of time when something happens later than expected
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6.8
Delay before a device or program responds
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4.4
A delay between an event and its effect
How Long
- Specialized
11
6.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'latency' (time delay) combined with the adjective 'rotational' (pertaining to rotation) directly yields the meaning 'a delay caused by rotation.' Although the term is used in a technical disk-read context, its sense is transparently compositional and a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
Rotational latency comes from how a disk inside a computer turns while the little arm that reads data waits for the right piece to arrive. Here rotational refers to the disk's turning and latency means a 'waiting time', so the phrase describes the time you wait for the correct data to come under the reader.