COMMAND PROCESSING OVERHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does command processing overhead mean? 

• COMMAND PROCESSING OVERHEAD (noun)
  The noun COMMAND PROCESSING OVERHEAD has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

  Familiarity information: COMMAND PROCESSING OVERHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMAND PROCESSING OVERHEAD (noun)

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 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)