(Or track-to-track seek time) The time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from oNe track to the Next. The miNimum seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive iN a siNgle-user/siNgle-process eNviroNmeNt where successive read/write request are largely correlated aNd thus if correlated data is stored iNNearby cyliNders most seeks are from oNe cyliNder to the Next. (1997-07-15)