access : Idioms & Phrases

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access code

  • noun a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
    access.
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access road

  • noun a short road giving access to an expressway
    slip road.
    • in Britain they call an access road a slip road
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access time

  • noun (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive
    • access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead
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de-access

  • verb dispose of by selling
    • the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money
    • the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines
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disk access

  • noun memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored
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memory access

  • noun (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
    access.
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port-access coronary bypass surgery

  • noun heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
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random access memory

  • noun the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
    read/write memory; random memory; RAM; random access memory.
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random-access memory

  • noun the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
    read/write memory; random memory; RAM; random access memory.
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remote-access data processing

  • noun data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
    distributed data processing; teleprocessing.
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room access

  • noun the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
    threshold; doorway; door.
    • he stuck his head in the doorway
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