accessed

American  

[ak-sest] / ˈæk sɛst /

adjective

1. reached, contacted, entered, or visited.

   Lot 14 on Smoke Road is an easily accessed lot with great views, grass, and scattered trees.

   Your bibliography should include the URL of the accessed website.

2. obtained or made use of.

   She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.

3. Computers. (of data) retrieved for use by another program or application or for transfer from one part of a system to another.

   Data caching is a way of storing the most frequently accessed data in memory so it doesn’t need to be regenerated each time.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of access.

Other Word Forms

• unaccessed adjective

Etymology

Origin of accessed

First recorded in 1870–75; access ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; access ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

It also adds to evidence that the Post Office was aware that the branch accounts of sub-postmasters could be remotely accessed.

From BBC

For those lucky few who managed to secure a ticket, the Co-op Live arena is located on Etihad Campus and can be accessed by car or public transport.

From BBC

It comes after the Sun newspaper reported that hackers affiliated to the Chinese state accessed the data in October with information possibly including visa details targeted.

From BBC

He said the files were accessed due to "carelessness", using passwords shared on messaging apps.

From Barron's

When an image is accessed by a viewer, it is automatically embedded with an invisible forensic watermark which is unique to them.

From BBC