remote access

British

noun

computing access to a computer from a physically separate terminal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Separately, D-Wave signed a $10 million, two-year enterprise agreement with an unnamed Fortune 100 customer for remote access to its hardware and software.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

A bill focused on limiting remote access passed the House of Representatives on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

This article is about VPNs for online privacy and security rather than corporate remote access, so we’ll be focusing on commercial VPNs in this article.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

The issue of remote access was first raised by American relatives, who said many of them were too old or infirm to travel to Washington for the trial.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

I figured you guys couldn't function without remote access.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023