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Noun: command processing overhead
  1. (computing) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
    "The engineer worked to reduce the command processing overhead time to improve system responsiveness";
    - command processing overhead time, command overhead, overhead

Derived forms: command processing overheads

Type of: processing time

Part of: access time