random access definition

random access

Direct (out of sequence or random) access by a computer (CPU) to any memory address of a data storage device, without starting from the first address every time the data needs to be read. More precisely called Direct Access.

random access is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security subject.

random access appears in the definitions of the following terms: magnetic tape, virtual, bloatware and scratch disk

random access appears in these other term: random access memory (RAM)

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