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<ref>{{cite web|title=Analysis of Energy and Performance of Code Transformations for PGAS-based Data Access Patterns||url=http://nic.uoregon.edu/pgas14/papers/pgas14_submission_17.pdf}}</ref>

Computer memory is usually described as '[[random access memory|random access]]', but traversals by software will still exhibit patterns that can be exploited for efficiency.

Memory access patterns also have implications for security<ref>{{cite web|title=Memory Access Pattern Protection for Resource-constrained Devices|url=https://www.cardis.org/proceedings/cardis_2012/CARDIS2012_14.pdf}}</ref>,
<ref>{{cite web|title=understanding cache attacks|url=https://www.rocq.inria.fr/secret/Anne.Canteaut/Publications/RR-5881.pdf}}</ref>
which motivates some to try and disguise a programs activity for privacy reasons<ref>{{cite web|title=protecting data in the cloud|url=http://news.mit.edu/2013/protecting-data-in-the-cloud-0702}}</ref>.

== Examples ==