Access method


a method of accessing data read from or written to an external storage medium, determined by software and the organization of data on the medium.

networking
1. The way that network devices access the network medium.
2. Software in an SNA processor that controls the flow of data through a network.
[physical layer?]
(1998-03-02)

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