"access method" meaning in English

See access method in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: access methods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} access method (plural access methods)
  1. (computing) A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (in computing): atingomaniero (Esperanto)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "access methods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "access method (plural access methods)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device."
      ],
      "id": "en-access_method-en-noun-kKvkRbd5",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "software",
          "software"
        ],
        [
          "hardware",
          "hardware"
        ],
        [
          "component",
          "component"
        ],
        [
          "mainframe",
          "mainframe"
        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access"
        ],
        [
          "data",
          "data"
        ],
        [
          "storage device",
          "storage device"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in computing",
          "word": "atingomaniero"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "access method"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "access methods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "access method (plural access methods)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "software",
          "software"
        ],
        [
          "hardware",
          "hardware"
        ],
        [
          "component",
          "component"
        ],
        [
          "mainframe",
          "mainframe"
        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access"
        ],
        [
          "data",
          "data"
        ],
        [
          "storage device",
          "storage device"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in computing",
      "word": "atingomaniero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "access method"
}

Download raw JSONL data for access method meaning in English (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.