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What (who) is direct access - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Direct-access; Immediate access; Direct access (disambiguation); Direct Access

Random access         
ABILITY TO ACCESS AN ARBITRARY ELEMENT OF A SEQUENCE IN EQUAL TIME
Random-access storage; Random access file; Random-access; Random I/O; Random read; Random write; Direct access (computing)
Random access (more precisely and more generally called direct access) is the ability to access an arbitrary element of a sequence in equal time or any datum from a population of addressable elements roughly as easily and efficiently as any other, no matter how many elements may be in the set. In computer science it is typically contrasted to sequential access which requires data to be retrieved in the order it was stored.
random access         
ABILITY TO ACCESS AN ARBITRARY ELEMENT OF A SEQUENCE IN EQUAL TIME
Random-access storage; Random access file; Random-access; Random I/O; Random read; Random write; Direct access (computing)
¦ noun Computing the process of transferring information to or from memory in which every memory location can be accessed directly rather than being accessed in a fixed sequence.
Direct-Access Storage Device         
SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICE
Direct Access Storage Device; Dasd; Direct access storage device; DASD
<hardware> (DASD) IBM mainframe terminology for a {disk drive}, in contrast with a tape drive which is a sequential access device. (1995-03-01)

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Direct access

Direct access may refer to:

  • DirectAccess, a network technology in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
  • Direct access (computing), a concept in computer science
  • Direct Access Archive, a proprietary file format
  • Direct access storage device, a secondary computer storage device
  • Direct Access Test Unit, special numbers used to test telephone exchanges
  • Direct access trading, a technology for stock trading
Examples of use of direct access
1. The FBI would not have direct access to the records.
2. So, direct access to the top was a positive thing.
3. The pipeline will give Gazprom direct access to some of Europe‘s richest consumers.
4. British police officers, however, would not have direct access to Rashid Rauf for interrogation.
5. China has direct access to Kazakh crude via a new pipeline.