direct access
Energy
Water
An arrangement in which customers can purchase electricity directly from any supplier in the competitive market, using the transmission and distribution lines of electric utilities to transport the electricity.
Records Management
A system that permits access to files without reference to an index or other finding aid The capability of electronically locating a given item within a series without having to examine all the items sequentially See also indirect access.
Telecommunications
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. 2. 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.