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maximum seek time

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(storage)maximum seek time - (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).


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In 1993, MPC-2 emerged, with a CD-ROM requirement of a maximum seek time of 400 ms and a sustained DTR of 300K/sec.
CD-ROM and multimedia: the tax professional's hardware planning guide by Price, Charles E. / The Tax Adviser
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