random access

¹

noun

1. the capacity of a videodisc or compact disc player that allows the user to select and replay any portion without starting at the beginning.
2. availability, as of a service or facility, whenever needed or desired:

   an executive's need for random access to legal experts.

random-access

²

[ ran-duhm-ak-ses ]

adjective

, Computers.

1. direct-access.

random access

noun

1. another name for direct access

Word History and Origins

Origin of random access¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

This would involve using the magnetic moment of electrons instead of their charge in dynamic random access memory.

From Science Daily

In 2014, Swift’s “Red” lost the award to Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories,” and in 2022 “Evermore” lost to Batiste’s “We Are.”

From New York Times

The garage pioneer Todd Edwards got a shout-out from Daft Punk on the aforementioned “Teachers” — and then he started working with the group on later albums “Discovery” and “Random Access Memories.”

From New York Times

Bangalter’s wariness of AI aside, a 10th-anniversary reissue of the duo’s final album, “Random Access Memories,” is on the way.

From Los Angeles Times

Released in 2013, their final album, Random Access Memories was a lush, colourful tribute to the soul, disco and soft rock they'd been raised on.

From BBC