accessor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a method or function that reads a value, usually without changing the underlying data

   The class exposes an accessor for the user's display name.

2. 2
   noun

   someone or something that accesses a place, system, or resource

   The audit logs record each accessor of the encrypted file.

From access + -or, the agent suffix. In programming, an accessor is literally the piece of code that gets access to a stored value.

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