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random-access Definition

☆ random-access (ran′dəm ak′ses)

adjective

Comput. designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
random-access Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • memory: The cost of everything from random-access memory ( RAM ) to disk storage space seemed to be shrinking by half every eighteen months.
  • table: The wantRandom parameter is used to indicate whether, ideally, a random-access table should be returned.
  • storage: Hard disk drives will continue to provide the lowest cost random-access, rewritable storage for the foreseeable future.