ac•cel•er•at•ed graph•ics port /æk'selƏ<sub>'</sub>rātid 'græfiks <sub>'</sub>pôrt/ ▶ n. see AGP. ac•cel•er•a•tor board / æk'selƏ<sub>'</sub>rātƏr <sub>'</sub>bôrd/ (also ac•cel•er•a•tor card) ▶ n. an accessory circuit board that can be plugged into a desktop computer to increase the speed of its processor or input/ output operations. ac•cess /'ækses/ ▶ n. the action or process of obtaining or retrieving information stored in a computer’s memory: this prevents unauthorized access or inadvertent deletion of the file. ▇ the opportunity to use a computer, files, data, etc.: unauthorized user access. ▇ a way to connect to the Internet: broadband access. ▶ v. [trans.] (usu. be accessed) obtain, examine, or retrieve (data or a file)…. USAGE: The verb access is standard and common in computing and related terminology, but the word is primarily a noun. Outside computing contexts, its use as a verb in the sense of ‘approach or enter a place’ is often regarded as nonstandard.