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di•rect-ac•cess
Pronunciation: (di-rekt'ak'ses, -ak"-, dī-), [key]—
adj. Computers.
pertaining to the ability to obtain data from, or place data in, external storage without the need to sequentially scan other data contained there.
Also,random-access.Cf.
sequential-access.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.