sequential-access
[ si-kwen-shuh l-ak-ses ]
/ sɪˈkwɛn ʃəlˈæk sɛs /
adjective Computers.
of or relating to a storage medium, as magnetic tape, in which records must be accessed by reading or writing from the beginning of the file.
of or relating to file processing in which records are organized based on the sequence of keys contained in each record, and in which accessing a record necessitates first accessing all of the preceding records.
Also called
serial-access.
Compare
direct-access,
random-access.
Origin of sequential-access
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby sequential-access
sequent,
sequential,
sequential access,
sequential analysis,
sequential scanning,
sequential-access,
sequentially compact set,
sequester,
sequestral,
sequestrant,
sequestrate
British Dictionary definitions for sequential access
sequential access
noun
a method of reaching and reading data from a computer file by reading through the file from the beginning
Compare direct access