Direct

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Direct is associated with a number of meanings:

Arts and law

Direction (disambiguation)
A director (disambiguation) - is one who coordinates and commands the production of a play or a film
In law, a direct examination is the in-trial questioning of a witness by the party who has called him or her to testify

Science and computing

Direct current is a continuous flow of electricity.

Direct connect refers to various methods of telecommunications and computer networking.

Direct memory access allows computers to permit access to system memory by certain hardware subsystems.

Direct access is a method of accessing data in a database.

The direct sum of modules, found in abstract algebra, is a construction which combines several vector spaces.

Mars Direct is a proposal for a relatively low-cost manned mission to Mars.

Other uses

A "direct route" or "direct service (route)" is a bus route that does not divert from a straight course to a third location en route.
DirectX - is a proprietary dynamic media platform
Direct (album) is a 1988 album by the Greek synthesizer artist Vangelis.

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