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Record 1 2013-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

The capability to obtain data from a storage device, or to enter data into a storage device, in a sequence independent from their relative position, by means of addresses indicating the physical position of the data.

CONT

Hypermedia programmes ... are described as "random access." They have something in common with reference works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries: books that are designed to be dipped into or used to find a particular piece of information.

CONT

Other devices may be added to the terminal, such as random access audio and slide selector, music synthesizers, film projectors and laboratory apparatus.

OBS

direct access: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission]; term standardized by CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Dans une mémoire, mode de rangement ou d'extraction de données, s'effectuant dans un ordre indépendant de leur position relative, au moyen d'adresses repérant leur emplacement physique.

OBS

accès direct; accès sélectif : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale]; terme normalisé par la CSA International.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Capacidad de obtener datos desde un dispositivo de almacenamiento , o grabar datos en un dispositivo de almacenamiento, en una secuencia independiente de su posición relativa, por medio de direcciones que indican la posición física de los datos.

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