The span of time, including order preparation time, queue time, processing time, moving time, and receiving and inspection time, is called lead time.

这个时间周期包括订单准备、等待、处理、传输以及接收时间，这个时间段称作前置时间。

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So the U.K. government's 25-minute and 45-minute waiting-time targets don't include time to get from the gate to the back of the proper queue, or time spent being checked by an agent.

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The time-share operator would queue up an assortment of customers so that not a second of processor time went to waste.

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There are conceptually two ways this can be done: by the price in money that people must hand over or by the price of time people must queue for it.

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