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 |
remote control remote | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance, he lost the remote for his TV |
remote terminal link-attached terminal remote station link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
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.) |
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 |
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 |
outback(a) remote | inaccessible and sparsely populated, |
distant remote | located far away spatially, distant lands, remote stars |
distant remote removed | separate or apart in time, distant events, the remote past or future |
distant remote | far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship , a distant cousin, a remote relative, a distant likeness, considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics |
outside remote | very unlikely, an outside chance, a remote possibility, a remote contingency |
unmanned remote-controlled | lacking a crew, an unmanned satellite to Mars |