Also known as: dat.
DAT has various meanings in the Computing category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of DAT in Computing.
In a telecommunications system, access time is the delay between the start of an access attempt and successful access. Access time values are measured only on access attempts that result in successful access. In a computer, it is the time interval between the instant at which an instruction control unit initiates a call for data or a request to store data, and the instant at which delivery of the data is completed or the storage is started.
ComputingA data file is a computer file which stores data to use by a computer application or system. It generally does not refer to files that contain instructions or code to be executed typically called program files, or to files which define the operation or structure of an application or system which include configuration files, directory files, etc.; but specifically to information used as input, or written as output by some other software program. This is especially helpful when debugging a program.
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