access code

access code

[′ak‚ses ‚kōd]

(communications)

Numeric identification for internetwork or facility switching.

The preliminary digits that a user must dial to be connected through an automatic PBX to the serving switching center.

(computer science)

A sequence of characters which a user must enter into a terminal in order to use a computer system.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

access code

(1) An identification number and/or password used to gain access into a computer system.

(2) The number used as a prefix to a calling number in order to gain access to a particular telephone service.

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