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Discussion Forum : Operating Systems Concepts - Section 4 (Q.No. 23)

Operating Systems Concepts

23.

The total time to prepare a disk drive mechanism for a block of data to be read from it is

latency

latency plus transmission time

latency plus seek time

latency plus seek time plus transmission time

None of the above

Answer: Option

Explanation:

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GAGAN said: 1 decade ago

Seek time measures the time it takes the head assembly on the actuator arm to travel to the track of the disk where the data will be read or written.

Chintan said: 9 years ago

Please explain in brief.

SADAF said: 8 years ago

I didn't get it. Please explain.

Abu said: 7 years ago

Seek time >> to reach selected track of a disk.

Latency >> to reach selected sector of a track.

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