Access Code

Access code may refer to:

In authentication:

  • Password, a secret word.
  • Personal identification number (PIN), a secret numeric code.

In telecommunications:

  • National access code, used to dial a domestic call.
  • International access code, used to dial an international call.
  • Area code, a segment of a telephone number.

Famous quotes containing the words access and/or code:

    “Whilst the rights of all as persons are equal, in virtue of their access to reason, their rights in property are very unequal. One man owns his clothes, and another owns a country.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Many people will say to working mothers, in effect, “I don’t think you can have it all.” The phrase for “have it all” is code for “have your cake and eat it too.” What these people really mean is that achievement in the workplace has always come at a price—usually a significant personal price; conversely, women who stayed home with their children were seen as having sacrificed a great deal of their own ambition for their families.”
    —Anne C. Weisberg (20th century)