What is Wall-clock time?
The actual elapsed time from start to finish, including I/O waits and time when other programs ran.
Field: Performance Analysis
Wall-clock time in the explanations
Wall-clock time is what the user actually waits, including time spent waiting for disk or network and time yielded to other programs.
What is the difference between wall-clock time and CPU time?
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