Is there a general term that covers both reading from and writing to memory? [closed]

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So the process of retrieving information from memory is referred to a开发者_StackOverflows a "read". And the process of storing information in memory is known as a "write"...

But, is there a term that covers both forms of memory access?

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The answer is I/O - or Input/Output

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Might you be referring to the instruction cycle/fetch-execute cycle?

Typically:

1. Fetch the instruction
2. Decode the instruction
3. Execute the instruction
4. Store results

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction_cycle