access

Meanings

Noun

• the right to enter
• the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
• a way of entering or leaving
  • "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
• 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.)
• (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
• the act of approaching or entering
  • "he gained access to the building"

Verb

• obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
• reach or gain access to
  • "How does one access the attic in this house?"

Synonyms

access code, accession, admission, admittance, approach, entree, get at, memory access