Used in a Sentence

accessing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for accessing.

Editorial note

The thing is that the interpreter will prevent any other threads from accessing it until the GIL is released.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of accessing gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

verb

(transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for accessing.

verb

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

verb

(transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

Example sentences

1

The thing is that the interpreter will prevent any other threads from accessing it until the GIL is released.

2

It still falls under the paradigm of accessing a resource at a given URI, which is what the web is.

3

Since Facebook and IG are eCommerce platforms, giving FB + limited net access means more than just accessing a social network.

4

Then at the OS level accessing mapped memory has all sorts of side effect (paging, lazy initialization, etc).

5

Half the things it does revolve around connecting your digital life together by accessing various things about you.

6

Someone - or something - from Google was accessing my private URL, based on my Chrome history.

7

And then there's #5 (which you mention) which has the caveat which could mean you need a CAL for anyone on the internet accessing your web server.

8

They are just not deployed unless they produce valuable activity (accessing a control panel, signing a malicious driver and so on).

9

My team does not realize how valuable a resource they are accessing(and wasting) everyday.

10

Strictly speaking accessing that union both ways ~~~violates the strict aliasing rules~~~ isn't portable.

11

I also have high regard for the Google team for correctly accessing the value of this idea.

12

For instance, you won't get it on accessing the function pointer with dlopen/dlsym.

Quote examples

1

All of a sudden the penalty for accessing your "God" object just went down by a fair bit.

Proper noun examples

1

Accessing undefined/unitialized global or instance variables (like: @i) is not an error and nil will be returned.

2

Accessing all of a runner's GPS data from Strava allows me to put a rolling window on each run and find the fastest sub-segments and build predictions based on that.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use accessing in a sentence?

The thing is that the interpreter will prevent any other threads from accessing it until the GIL is released.

What does accessing mean?

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

What part of speech is accessing?

accessing is commonly used as verb.