Contact time is the average time that it takes a computer to locate data on a storage medium and read it.

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Contact time generally refers to the time during which two parties are in communication or interaction, not to data retrieval times in computing. The term for the average time it takes a computer to locate and read data on a storage medium is usually referred to as "access time" or "seek time" for hard drives.

Contact Time Is the Average Time That It Takes a Computer