| 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 |
| accommodation ladder | (nautical) a portable ladder hung over the side of a vessel to give access to small boats alongside |
| aerial ladder | mechanically extendible ladder, used on a fire truck |
| articulated ladder | a ladder consisting of segments (usually four) that are held together by joints that can lock in place |
| 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 |
| extension ladder | a ladder whose length can be extended |
| fish ladder | a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam |
Jacob's ladder
jack ladder
pilot ladder | (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps |
| ladder | steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs, for climbing up or down |
| ladder-back | the backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats |
| ladder-back ladder-back chair | a chair with a ladder-back |
ladder truck
aerial ladder truck | a fire engine carrying ladders |
| monkey ladder | a light ladder to the monkey bridge on a ship |
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 |
| rope ladder | a ladder with side pieces of rope |
| scaling ladder | a ladder used to scale walls (as in an attack) |
sea ladder
sea steps | (nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard |
step ladder
stepladder | a folding portable ladder hinged at the top |
| 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.) |
run ladder
ravel | a row of unravelled stitches, she got a run in her stocking |
Jacob's ladder
Greek valerian charity
Polemonium caeruleum
Polemonium van-bruntiae
Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae | pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers |
northern Jacob's ladder
Polemonium boreale | perennial erect herb with white flowers, circumboreal |
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 |
| ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress, he climbed the career ladder |
| 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 |
ladder
run | come unraveled or undone as if by snagging, Her nylons were running |
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 |
runproof
ladder-proof
run-resistant | (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders |