WordNet
n. the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure; "they increased output by decreasing processing time"
Usage examples of "processing time".
A mobile robot has to devote a tremendous amount of processing time simply to avoid obstacles in the environment.
The lines could require extra processing time because of the volume and complexity of the data.
Fortunately, I have a singular advantage in that 1 am considerably faster than my opponent, who is slowed by the need to translate each operation, command, and memory in my central processors to and from an alien processing language, the basic operating system, I surmise, of the 1*1*1, The same fractional second delay in processing time that enabled me to copy data to File Rising allows me to detect the Enemy's manipulations both of data and of executable commands and take appropriate action.
He operated strictly on the unused processing time that would otherwise be wasted.
The fact that the remains appeared to be limited to their packaging sped our processing time.
Very large percentages of processing time, and very large percentages of the volume of the physical positronic brain, were given over to massively, insanely redundant iterations of the Three Laws.