The steps required to obtain the use of a system or device.
Note: Examples of access paths are (a) the operations required of a database management system to obtain access to a database and (b) the sequence of steps required to reach a file. [From Weik '96]

In security, a segment of time, generally expressed in days or weeks, during which specified access rights prevail. [INFOSEC-99]

All of a subject's access rights with respect to some object. [2382-pt.8]

In an information-transfer transaction, the phase during which an access attempt is made.
Note: The access phase is the first phase of an information-transfer transaction.

1. A point where connections may be made for testing or using particular communications circuits.
2. In telephony, a junction point in outside plant consisting of a splice at a junction between a branch feeder cable and distribution cables.

1. In security, a profile that associates each user with a list of protected objects that the user may access.
2. [An itemization that] associates each user with a list of protected objects the user may access. [INFOSEC-99]

1. An organization that provides users with access to a computer network. [2385-35]
2. A party responsible for traffic originating and terminating in jurisdictional areas defined by regulatory agencies. [T1.246-1998]

1. A control message issued by an access originator for the purpose of initiating an access attempt.
2. A signal sent to a network for the purpose of initiating the establishment of a network connection. In this definition, a signal may take the form of a message. [T1.507-1996]

1. Permission for a subject to access a particular object for a specific type of operation.
Note: An example of an access right is the permission for a process to read a file but not write to it. [2382-pt.8]
2. Authorization of access. Notes: [a] Access rights may be more or less explicit, both in the granularity of definition of… (Read More →)

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]