When your hard drive has to wait for the correct sector to spin to the read/write head, the delay is known as ________.
A) read time
B) access time
C) seek time
D) latency

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Latency refers to the delay between the request for data and the beginning of the actual data transfer, which includes the time it takes for the correct sector of the disk to rotate into position under the read/write head.

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