A geographic area established for the provisioning and administration of telecommunications service. An access service area encompasses one or more exchanges, which are grouped in access service areas to serve common social, economic, and other purposes. Contrast with LATA. [After T1.104-1988]

The ordering form used to request Access Services, both Special and Switched.

In communications, computer, and data processing systems, a program that (a) allows an operator to call up different parts of the program package and (b) usually allows functions to be selected from menus in the same way as other commands.
Note: An example of an access system is the program supplied with a common spreadsheet program that (a) allows the… (Read More →)

1. A telephone company or centralized equal access provider switching system that provides a concentration and distribution function for originating or terminating traffic between end offices and a customer-designated premises. [NECA/FCC-5]
2. An exchange carrier switching system that provides a traffic concentration and distribution function for inter-LATA traffic originating/terminating within a LATA. [T1.506-1989]

The convergence of the full range of access technologies encompassing mobility, normadicity, and roaming between networks.

1. In a telecommunication system, the elapsed time between the start of an access attempt and successful access.
Note: Access time values are measured only on access attempts that result in successful access.
2. In a computer, the time interval between the instant at which an instruction control unit initiates a call for data and the instant at which delivery… (Read More →)

1. In computer security, a type of operation specified by an access right.
Note: Examples of access type are "read," "write," "execute," "append," "modify," "delete," and "create. " [2382-pt.8]
2. [The] privilege to perform action on an object. Read, yywrite, execute, append modify, delete, and create are examples of access types. [INFOSEC-99]

See medium access unit (MAU).

Synonym attachment unit interface.

The time between the start of an access attempt and access failure caused by access denial, i.e., system blocking.
Note: Access denial times are measured only on access attempts that result in access denial.