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COMMAND PROCESSING OVERHEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
Synonyms:
command overhead; command processing overhead; command processing overhead time; overhead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("command processing overhead" is a kind of...):
processing time (the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Holonyms ("command processing overhead" is a part of...):
access time ((computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive)
