random-access

adjective

ran·​dom-ac·​cess ˈran-dəm-ˈak-ˌses How to pronounce random-access (audio)
: permitting access to stored data in any order the user desires

Examples of random-access in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker for dynamic random-access memory chips, saw its shares drop 1.9%. Ryan Browne,anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 The fab would be the United States’ first dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, manufacturing plant built in the last 20 years, according to Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of U.S. expansion. Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024 The research firm foresees the revenue for DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) chips declining 39.4% in 2023 but expects a rise of 86.8% in 2024 as pricing keeps rebounding. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 7 July 2023 In the Lisa and most other operating systems, two indexes access a program on floppy disk, using up precious random-access memory and increasing the delay in fetching programs from a disk. IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of random-access was in 1953

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“Random-access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/random-access. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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random-access

adjective
ran·​dom-ac·​cess
ˌran-dəm-ˈak-ˌses
: permitting access to stored data in any order the user desires

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