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COMMAND OVERHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does command overhead mean?
• COMMAND OVERHEAD (noun)
The noun COMMAND OVERHEAD has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
Familiarity information: COMMAND OVERHEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
command overhead; command processing overhead; command processing overhead time; overhead
Hypernyms ("command 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 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)
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