The time taken for the read/write head to move to the correct track on the magnetic disk is called A. epoch delay B. latency delay C. seek time D. approach time E. None of the above
Seek time is the time taken for a hard disk controller to locate a specific piece of stored data. Other delays include transfer time (data rate) and rotational delay (latency). When anything is read or written to a disc drive, the read/write head of the disc needs to move to the right position. The actual physical positioning of the read/write head of the disc is called seeking.
