random access

ability to access an arbitrary element of a sequence in equal time
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random access

Summary

random access ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • random access's subclass of is recorded as information retrieval[2].
  • random access's opposite of is recorded as indirect access[3].
  • random access's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06d42[4].
  • random access's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/random-access[5].
  • random access's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01912124n[6].
  • random access's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20033743[7].
  • random access's UNESCO Thesaurus ID is recorded as concept1132[8].
  • random access's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 101722063[9].
  • random access's IEV number is recorded as 171-04-24[10].
  • random access's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C101722063[11].
  • random access's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as direct-access[12].
  • random access's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as random-access[13].

Why It Matters

random access ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). random access. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/random-access
MLA “random access.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/random-access.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_random-access_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{random access}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/random-access}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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