 a compu ter syste m, etc. In  the US, to  ac cess stri ct ly means  to ins truc t, communi cat e wit h, 
store data in,
retrieve data from, or otherwise obtain the ability to use the resources of a computer or any part thereof. [Computer and
Information Sciences] 
n., The reading or writing of data, with the connotation that the content of the reading or writing is taken into account. The word
is most commonly used in connection with filed information and is often qualified by an indication as to the types