For an AIS, a specific type of interaction between a subject and object that causes information to flow from one to the other. In COMSEC, the capability and opportunity to gain detailed knowledge or to alter information or material.
Access is the freedom or ability to get needed services.
A person's ability to get necessary medical care and services.
the ability to get/receive something ...... back
Refers to the ability to aquire, read, or write. There may be varying levels of access. May also refer to the method that data is aquired. See sequential and random access.
Gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical, or memory function resources of a computer, computer system or computer network.
The ability to enter a secured area. The process of interacting with a system. Used as either a verb or a noun.
1) Freedom or ability to obtain or make use of. 2) The action of going to or reaching.
To gain entry into, and use, a computer network.
Ability to join and participate in all facets of life in tertiary education institutions or organisations (e.g. access to: buildings, programmes and facilities; courses; educational materials and other relevant social/cultural information; ceremonial events; communication access).
A person's ability to obtain affordable medical care on a timely basis.
Refers to an insured's ability to obtain medical or healthcare services from physicians, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Factors including the availability of medical services in an area, the location of healthcare facilities and hours of operation help determine accessibility.
A patient's ability to obtain medical services in a timely manner and where geographically convenient.
The potential for or actual entry of a population into the health system. Entry is dependent on the wants, resources, and needs that individuals bring to the care-seeking process. Ability to obtain wanted or needed services may be influenced by many factors, including travel distance, waiting time, available financial resources, and availability of a regular source of care.
The third principle of fair information practices, along with (1) Notice, (2) Choice, and (4) Security. Refers to the user's ability to view the data collected about him or her, and challenge its accuracy and completeness.
The general term for the ability of a telecommunications user to make use of a network.
the ability to use land and other natural resources (e.g., use rights for grazing, growing subsistence crops, gathering minor forestry products, etc.), to control the resources (e.g., control rights for making decisions on how the resources should be used, and for benefiting financially from the sale of crops, etc.), and to transfer rights to the land to take advantage of other opportunities (e.g., transfer rights for selling the land or using it as collateral for loans, conveying the land through intra-communal reallocations, transmitting the land to heirs through inheritance, etc.)
The ability to enter a secured area and, in the case of accessing a computer, to read, write, modify, or use any of the computer's system resources.
Your ability as a patient to get medical care.
Refers to the user's ability to view the data collected about him or her, and to challenge its accuracy and completeness. Access is the third principle of " fair information practices, along with (1) Notice, (2) Choice, and (4) Security.
Ability and means to communicate with (that is, input to or receive output from), or otherwise make use of any information, resource, or component in an AIS. Capability and opportunity to gain knowledge or to alter information or material.
The ability of media consumers to produce their own texts and to have those texts acknowledged by the agenda setting media. Also, the ability of media consumers to respond to the dominant media.
The ability "to reasonably and equitably provide services based on need irrespective of geography, social standing, ethnicity age, race, level of income or sex" (NSW Health (1998)).
Availability of the library and its services to residents of a specific service area. The ability to reach sources of information through a library and its cooperative links to other sources.
The opportunity to visit with a child. Under the terms of the Divorce Act, 1985, a spouse exercising access rights is also entitled to information about the child's health, welfare and education, unless a court orders otherwise.
Electronic connection to a telecommunications network. The ability of a user to enter the network.
the availability of educational opportunities.
The special ability of campaign contributors to meet, talk by telephone, and correspond personally with elected officials in order to "make their case" for or against a particular law, policy, regulation, appointment, etc. "Access is it. Access is power. Access is clout. That's how the thing works." -- former U. S. Rep. Romano Mazzoli (R-Ky.)
The ability to obtain desired healthcare. Access is more than having insurance coverage or the ability to pay for services. It is also determined by the availability, acceptability, cultural appropriateness, location, hours of operation, transportation and cost of services.
A means of entering a property or building. Ability to reach something.
The opportunity (along with the means) of members of society to participate in the organizations established for their benefit. They have this opportunity regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, physical ability or region of habitation. They can participate as clients, as staff and on advisory and assessment committees and boards. Canadiansâ€(tm) right to see works of art and cultural materials that reflect their identity.
Ability to enter the site of the project work s and/or the necessary project data. [D02343] RMW
To reach, connect or interact with a remote resource.
Ability of people to reach or use health care services. Barriers to access can be: (1) a personâ€(tm)s locality, income or knowledge of services available; or (2) by the acceptability or availability of existing services.
Refers to the ability of humans to penetrate an area and is usually measured by roads per square mile.
The patient's physical and financial ability to obtain health services on a timely and financially acceptable basis. Measures of access include the location of health facilities and hours of operation, travel time and distance to health facilities, availability of medical services, including scheduled appointments and cost of care.
An individual's ability to obtain needed health care services. Barriers to access can be financial, geographic, organizational, and sociological.
Providing equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of the educational process for every student. Refers to both physical and institutional access to learning facilities, resources, and curricular programs. To meet the diverse needs of all students, some of whom require specific skills to access the school curriculum, compensatory policies and practices are necessary to ensure equal participation in school programs by all groups.
Access refers to the right and ability to access certain resources. For example, in order to have access to your online banking, you need to have the right (established by the use of a password) and the ability (a functioning Internet connection) to connect. Some resources have public or open access, meaning that anyone with the ability to connect and use them also has the right.
The right, opportunity, or means of finding or using documents and information.
The ability to obtain desired health care, determined by the availability of services, acceptability of services, cultural appropriateness, location, hours of operation, transportation, and cost.
The ability and opportunity to obtain knowledge of classified information.
The ability to make use of information stored in a computer system. Used frequently as a verb, to the horror of grammarians.
Access as applied to nuclear weapons means physical access in such manner as to allow the opportunity to cause a nuclear detonation. The context of access in this definition relates to the physical ability to perform detailed circuit modification or retrofit on the internal components of nuclear weapons for the performance of official duties in authorized facilities and units.... read full article
To obtain information from a resource.
In general, a means of approaching something. In health care, the opportunity or right to receive health care. In dialysis, the point on the body where a needle or catheter is inserted to gain entry to the bloodstream.
The third principle of fair information guidelines, along (1) Notice, (2) Choice, and (4) Security. Refers to users' ability to view and contest the accuracy and completeness of data collected about them.
A patient’s ability to obtain appropriate health care services as needed.
The ability for other parties to use (have access to) networks to transport electricity.
In respect to privacy, an individual's ability to view, modify, and contest the accuracy and completeness of personally identifiable information (PII) collected about him or her. Access is an element of the Fair Information Practices.
The ability to log on to the Internet, an online service, an intranet, or another network.
To interact with a system entity in order to manipulate, use, gain knowledge of, and/or obtain a representation of some or all of a system entity's resources. [RFC 2828
The ability of one company to connect to or use another company's communications services or facilities. The 1996 Telecommunications Act mandates that there be no discrimination between or against service providers – that the operating environment must be "neutrally competitive."
An individual's ability to obtain medical services on a timely and financially acceptable plan.
Your ability to get needed medical care and services.
1: The ability and opportunity to learn about, or to change, information or materials. 2: The ability and means to make use of any information, resource, or component. This could mean adding to information or resources, learning from them or using them to achieve your goals.
Availability of a library and its services to the population it is intended to serve. In a larger sense, access is the ability to obtain information through a library and its cooperative links to additional resources.
A bicyclist¡¯s general ability to travel to destinations in his or her community. Because this generally requires using an infrastructure designed for automobiles it implies an evaluation of how bicycle-friendly the road infrastructure is. Opportunities to get to and from a non-motorized facility. The right to use Forest Service and DNR roads and trails, and similar unpaved backcountry roads and trails, for bicycling. A wide variety of legislative and government rule-making mechanisms can threaten access.
Ability to use allocated resources. Access is granted to users by SDSC as requested by the principal investigator awarded the allocation. Limitation of access is assigned by the principal investigator with the resalloc utility.
Access to genetic resources is not defined in the CBD and the BGL and therefore varies according to national legislation and practices. Access may consist of various activities, such as: entering a location/place where genetic resources are found; surveying activities; obtaining/acquiring genetic resources; the use of genetic resources; the study or systematic investigation of genetic resources for scientific and/or commercial purposes.
The ability to gain entry to a computer resource. Access may be limited to read only in which case the user may only view a file or copy it to create their own version. Write or update access allows the user to make changes to a file.
The ability to use certain computers on the Internet. Access can be prevented through passwords, user Ids and other means.
A patient's ability to obtain medical care as determined by factors such as the availability of medical services, their acceptability to the patient, the location of health care facilities, transportation, hours of operation, and cost of care.
The extent to which an individual who needs care and services is able to receive them. Access is more than having insurance coverage or the ability to pay for services. It is also determined by the availability of services, acceptability of services, cultural appropriateness, location, hours of operation, transportation needs, and cost.
Ability of a computer to reference a specific data set (single record, file, group of files, other) by identifying a specific sector of memory or the disk drive (server) where it is stored for the purpose of editing, assembling, manipulating and/or directing this data set to a peripheral device.
A specific type of interaction between a subject and an object that results in the flow of information from one to the other. The capability and opportunity to gain knowledge of, or to alter information or materials including the ability and means to communicate with (i.e., input or receive output), or otherwise make use of any information, resource, or component in a computer system.