Multiple choice

In a disk system, the time required for a read/write head to move to the track where the record to be read or written is stored is called________________

  1. Seek time

  2. Rotational delay

  3. Latency time

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

Seek time is the time required for the disk's read/write head to move to the correct track where data is located. It's one component of total disk access time. Rotational delay (Option B) or latency (Option C) is the additional time waiting for the correct sector to rotate under the head. Seek time only measures the radial movement, not rotational positioning.

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