Polling cycle

With an input/output process, a polling cycle is the total time required for a client program to perform a status check of a computer or another controlling device's relevant connections. More plainly, a polling cycle is how much time passes while your computer's connections are verified as ready and functional.

An example of where polling is used is with a printer. When printing a document, a computer may wait for the printer to confirm it received an instruction (sometimes as small as one bit) before sending another.

Buffering, Cycle, Hardware terms, Interrupt, Latency, Polling, Sampling rate, Sync, Timer