Look up: access

1. Access
   [economics] Access is a catalytic process that enables interactions, contacts and exchanges among people, businesses and nations. An analytical framework to define the drivers and benefits of Access and to quantify the impact of Access on economic growth and personal well-being was created i...
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2. Access
   The ability to enter a secured area. The process of interacting with a system. Used as either a verb or a noun.
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3. Access
   The patient's ability to obtain medical care. The ease of access is determined by such components as the availability of medical services and their acceptability to the patient, the location of health care facilities, transportation, hours of operation and cost of care. An individual's ability to ob...
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4. Access
   The extent to which service users are able to receive the care they require. The issues involved in accessibility include travelling long distances, physical access (eg premises suitable for wheelchairs), communication (eg interpreters), and the availability of culturally appropriate services.
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5. Access
   A users ability to communicate with a system.
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6. access
   [n] - the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership) 2. [n] - (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information 3. [n] - a way of entering or leaving 4. [n] - the act of approaching or entering 5. [v] - obt...
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7. Access
   Any means by which a person can enter property.
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8. Access
   A former credit card system which was sold to Mastercard and... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/Access.htm?id=3&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of Access'>more</a>
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9. Access
   A way of reaching something that is usually hidden or covered.
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10. Access
    The general ability to obtain and make use of materials. In computer-based information retrieval, the method by which a computer refers to records in a file, dependent upon their arrangement.
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11. ACCESS
    The main aim of Access programmes is to prepare adult learners from non-traditional backgrounds and under-represented groups for admission to undergraduate education. They often lead to GCSEs and A levels and are run by Colleges of Further Education. ACCESS to teaching would offer GCSE mathematics, ...
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12. Access
    Access: 1. In general, a means of approaching something. 2. In health care, the opportunity or right to receive health care. 3. In dialysis, the point on the body where a needle or catheter is inserted to gain entry to the bloodstream.
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13. access
    the technical capability to interface with a communications facility, such as a communications line or switch, so that a law enforcement agency can acquire and monitor communications and call associated data carried on the facility Category: News-systems and communications • the ability ...
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14. Access
    To acquire data into a computer system, typically from a storage device or from an input device.
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15. access
    i. To gain entry to a computer system. ii. To a ccess data requires finding it and reading it.
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16. Access
    The right to obtain, make use of or take advantage of a service.
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17. Access
    Ac·cess' (#; 277) noun [ French accès , Latin accessus , from accedere . See Accede .] 1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. « I did r...
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18. access
    1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. 'I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me.' (Shak) ... 2. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. 'All access was...
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19. access
    noun the act of approaching or entering; `he gained access to the building`
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20. access
    access code noun 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.)
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21. access
    approach noun a way of entering or leaving; `he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge`
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22. access
    get at verb 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`
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23. access
    verb obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
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24. access
    noun (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
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25. access
    (ak´ses) a means of approaching or obtaining something. arteriovenous access the usual type of vascular access, connecting an artery and a vein, usually in the arm. hemodialysis access , vascular access the means by which hemodialysis appar...
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