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Definitions of remote access:

A broad term referring to the accessing of (usually) data from a remote location, usually by a single user.
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Communication with a distant computer system or computer network. May require the user to type or enter an authorized username and password, and special software or hardware, such as a modem. *
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The ability to log onto a network from a distant location. Generally, this implies a computer, a modem, and some remote access software to connect to the network. Whereas remote control refers to taking control of another computer, remote access means that the remote computer actually becomes a full-fledged host on the network. The remote access software dials in directly to the network server. ...
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The ability to access and use digital information from a location off-site from where the information is physically located.
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The ability to access a network from a location not directly connected to the network site.
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the act of accessing a computer or network from a location that is removed from the physical site of the computer or network. Remote access is often accomplished via the use of a modem.
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The ability to access a computer or a network from a remote site.
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The ability to connect to a computer from a distant place. Students and faculty have remote access to Minerva and other research databases.
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The ability to access a computer from outside of the building in which it is housed. Remote access requires communications hardware, software, and actual physical links, although this can be as simple as common carrier (telephone) lines or as complex as Telnet login to another computer across the Internet. The CWU Library provides remote access to numerous subscription databases via the Library Databases page. ...
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connection to the network from outside the established realm of client and server machines, usually via telephone and modem connection.
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connecting to an electronic database or library catalog from a computer outside of the library.
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Access to a system or to information therein, typically through a data network.
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Remote access by which a person can use a computer connected to a telecommunications network in one place to access information, computer programmes and other material stored on another computer connected to the network in another place
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The capability to access a library's electronic resources from outside of the library building over the World Wide Web.
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The ability to login from outside the physical site of a network and access its resources as if from on-site; for example, using a telnet client to read your pine e-mail.
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A user's ability to connect to a distant network through a modem.
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To connect to a computer other than one's local computer by using an identifying name and a password.
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(voir Accès à distance) Means of making use of a computer and of its network remotely via a computer terminal linked by cable or by telephone.
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The hookup of a remote computing device via communications lines such as ordinary phone lines or wide area networks to access network applications and information.
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the process of allowing remote workers to access a corporate LAN over analog or digital telephone lines.
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A term which describes remote LAN connectivity of individual users, such as home offices, traveling employees & small branch locations. Communication is possible over a selection of WAN services, including asynchronous dial-up lines to 115.2 Kbps, ISDN, X.25 & Frame Relay.
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Operation of a computer by a user who is not located at the computer site. May be accomplished by modems on telephone lines, or by dedicated data circuits.
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The ability to use an online database away from the University., ie from your home computer.
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The ability to access resources on one computer from another computer at a distance. In this case, the resources accessed can be anything from files to services to raw computing power, while the remote computer could be in the other room or on the other side of the world.
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Access to a computer system at a distance from the terminal or work station in question (normally involving telecommunications).
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In telecommunication, the term remote access has the following meanings: 1. Pertaining to communication with a data processing facility from a remote location or facility through a data link.
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