to make contact with or gain access to; be able to reach, approach, enter, etc.: Bank customers can access their checking accounts instantly through the new electronic system.
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Computers. to locate (data) for transfer from one part of a computer system to another, generally between an external storage device and main storage.
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Television. (of programming, time, etc.) available to the public: Six channels now offer access services.
telecommunications network Since collisions are so detrimental to network performance, methods have been developed to allow multiple transmissions on a broadcast network without necessarily causing mutual packet destruction. ...
computer In order to make the early computers truly useful and efficient, two major innovations in software were needed. One was high-level programming languages (as described in the preceding section, ...
roads and highways The marking of roadway surfaces with painted lines and raised permanent markers is commonplace and effective, despite high maintenance costs and visibility problems at night, in heavy traffic, and in ...
traffic control At the broadest level, road traffic control includes the layout of streets to serve a variety of travel needs in a region. Highways or expressways carry through traffic at high speed; arterial ...
information system To ensure secure and efficient operation of information systems, an organization institutes a set of procedures and technological measures called controls. Information systems are safeguarded through ...
communication Over the years, control of the instruments of mass communication has fallen into the hands of relatively small (some claim diminishing) numbers of professional communicators who seem, as populations ...
birth control There is a marked relationship between patterns of reproduction and the risk of death to the mother and her child. Maternal deaths and infant mortality are up to 60 percent higher among girls under ...
forestry A forest fire is unenclosed and freely spreading combustion that consumes the natural fuels of a forest; i.e., duff, grass, weeds, brush, and trees. Forest fires occur in three principal forms, the ...
Mozambique By the 1880s the Portuguese controlled trade and collected tribute in coastal enclaves from Ibo in the north to Lourenco Marques in the south, but their ability to control events outside those areas ...
Europe, history of The Metal Ages were periods of discovery, invention, and exploitation of various metals and metallurgical procedures. New elements were introduced into the societies, which played a role in their ...
