Talk:Seek time

Wouldn't this term also apply to the time it takes your CD player to arrive at the next track when you skip tracks? Or no? --KQ

Yes, it probably would, but I've never heard the term used for music CD players. Makes sense though. I've just realised that it isn't hard disk specific anyway. Certainly people use it when talking about computer CD players and floppy disks. Oops. --drj

CD's dont have fixed tracks, but have a format very much like an old style vinyl record. That means that the transition needs to be along the path of the track, and so the seek time is mostly the fastest speed that the disk can be fast forwarded --mike dill

Ok then, thanks. Should we mention something about the seek time on Zip Disks, or is that playing too rough?  ;-) --KQ