| Subject | English | German |
| IT, dat.proc. | disk access | Magnetdiskettenzugriff |
| tech. | disk access | Plattenzugriff |
| IT | disk access arm | Plattenzugriffsarm |
| comp. | disk access mechanism | Plattenzugriffsmechanismus |
| comp., MS | disk access time | Festplattenzugriffszeit (The time needed for a read/write head in a disk drive to locate a track on a disk. Access time is usually measured in milliseconds and is used as a performance measure for hard disks and CD-ROM drives) |