Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 28 - No. 37)
What is rotational latency in the context of an HDD?
The time taken to move the read/write heads to the correct track.
The time it takes for the disk to spin.
The time it takes for the desired sector to rotate under the read/write head.
The time it takes to write a file.
Erläuterung
Rotational latency is the time it takes to rotate a platter to access data.