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  "slug": "latency-storage",
  "term": "Storage latency",
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  "definition": "Time from issuing an I/O to data delivery, dominated by media, queues, and protocol overhead.",
  "note": "",
  "status": "shipping",
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    "nvme"
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  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "c1",
      "title": "Storage latency",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive_performance_characteristics",
      "accessed": "2026-03-26"
    }
  ]
}