Computer Science Ques 32

Question: The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to the CPU Is known as ___

Options:

A) Clock speed

B) a processing cycle

C) CPU speed

D) access time

E) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

  • Access speed (or time) is the time taken to access a given byte of information stored on a hard disk. It is generally measured in milliseconds. It comprises of seek time, head switching time, search time and data transfer time.