Serial access

Serial access

In telecommunication, the term serial access has the following meanings:

1. Pertaining to the sequential or consecutive transmission of data into or out of a device, such as a computer, transmission line, or storage device.

2. A process by which data is obtained from a storage device or entered into a storage device in such a way that the process depends on the location of that data and on a reference to data previously accessed. "Synonym": sequential access.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188


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