maximum seek time

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

maximum seek time

   <storage> (Or full stroke seek time) The time it takes to
   {seek} over all {tracks}, i.e., from the innermost to the
   outermost or vice versa.  The maximum seek time gives a
   worst-case measure of the speed of the drive which is useful
   in some {real-time} applications where it is important that
   data flows continuously (such as video editing or CD
   recording).

   (1997-07-15)