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Random access

Random access (also called direct access) is the ability to access an arbitrary element of a sequence in equal time or any datum from a population of addressable elements roughly as easily and efficiently as any other, no matter how many elements may be in the set. In computer science it is typically contrasted to sequential access which requires data to…

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Random access

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples9
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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Random access

Top relations

see also · 2
Random access → Data, Locality

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

access direct data time matter sequential record arbitrary sequence however required structures random ability element equal datum easily many may

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
binary searchinstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
integer sortinginstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
or certain versions of sieve of Eratosthenes.Other data structuresinstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
such as linked listsinstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
sacrifice direct access to permit efficient insertsinstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
deletesinstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
or re-ordering of datainstance ofin many algorithms0.80text
Random accesssee alsoData0.60section
Random accesssee alsoLocality0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

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