command processing overhead time

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	processing time,
definition	:	the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure (noun.time)

part meronym	:	access time,
definition	:	(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive (noun.time)

domain category	:	computer science, computing,
definition	:	the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition)