access | the act of approaching or entering, he gained access to the building |
port-access coronary bypass surgery | 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 |
access approach | a way of entering or leaving, he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge |
access memory access | (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
disk access | memory access to the computer disk on which information is stored |
doorway door room access threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building, the space that a door can close, he stuck his head in the doorway |
random-access memory random access memory random memory RAM read write memory | 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 |
access | the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) |
entree access accession admission admittance | the right to enter |
access access code | 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.) |
weather weather condition conditions atmospheric condition | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation, they were hoping for good weather, every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception, the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow |
distributed data processing remote-access data processing teleprocessing | data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities |
conditions | the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare, hazardous working conditions, harsh living conditions |
conditions | the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process, there were wide variations in the conditions of observation |
noise conditions | the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel) |
ski conditions | the amount and state of snow for skiing |
meteorological conditions | the prevailing environmental conditions as they influence the prediction of weather |
access time | (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 |
access get at | reach or gain access to, How does one access the attic in this house?, I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof |
de-access | 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 |
access | obtain or retrieve from a storage device, as of information on a computer |