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Glossary definition(s) for: access
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n., The right, opportunity, or means of finding, using or approaching documents and/or information.
[ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
Dictionary definition(s) for: access
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n., The right, opportunity, or means of finding, using or approaching documents and/or information.
[ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
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n., A device or method whereby a document may be found; Permission and opportunity to use a document; The approach to any means to storing information, e.g. index, bibliography, catalogue, computer terminal.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book ]
Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book. 9th ed. Edited by Raymond John Prytherch. Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 2000.
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n., The ability to locate relevant information through the use of catalogues, indexes, finding aids, or other tools.
[ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
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n., The ability to locate, gain entry to, and use something, such as a building or a database.
[ Arts - Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) ]
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n., The availability of records/archives for consultation as a result of both legal authorization and the existence of finding aids.
[ Archives - Dictionary of Archival Terminology ]
Dictionary of Archival Terminology. 2nd rev. ed. Edited by Peter Walne. New York: K.G. Saur, 1988.
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n., The configuration of hardware components and their interfaces.
[ Archives - Template for Analysis ]
Authenticity Task Force. "Template for Analysis." Appendix 1 in The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. Edited by Luciana Duranti. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.
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n., The notion that 'the public' or 'minority groups' should have access to the means of broadcasting to promote their 'voices' or opinions.
[ Arts - Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory ]
Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Edited by Roberta E Pearson and Philip Simpson. New York: Routledge, 2001,
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n., The permission to locate and retrieve information for use (consultation or reference) within legally established restrictions of privacy, confidentiality, and security clearance.
[ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
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n., The physical processes of retrieving information from storage media.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
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n., The reading or writing of data, with the connotation that the content of the reading or writing is taken into account. The word is most commonly used in connection with filed information and is often qualified by an indication as to the types of access that are to be permitted. For example, read-only access means that the contents of the file may be read but not altered or erased.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - A Dictionary of Computing ]
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n., To gain entry to data, a computer system, etc. In the US, to access strictly means to instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise obtain the ability to use the resources of a computer or any part thereof.
[ Computer and Information Sciences - A Dictionary of Computing ]
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