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Direct Access
  • The capability to obtain data from a storage device or to enter data into a storage device in a sequence independent of their relative positions, by means of addresses that indicate the physical location of the data. (FP) (ISO)
  • Pertaining to the organization and access method that must be used for a storage structure in which locations of records are determined by their keys, without reference to an index or to other records that may have been previously accessed. (FP) See also browsing.