Definition of Permission

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permission
n. leave, dispensation; permit; consent; giving a user authorization to access a particular resource (Computers)

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Permission Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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permission
<file system> (Or "file mode") The ability to access (read, write, execute, traverse, etc.) a file or directory. Depending on the operating system, each file may have different permissions for different kinds of access and different users or groups of users.
chmod ("change mode") is the UNIX command to change permissions.
(2000-12-07)

Vb Glossary 1.0
permission
permission

One or more attributes that specify what kind of access a user has to data or objects in a database. For example, if a user has read data permission for a table or query, the user can view or retrieve but not edit data in the table or query.

JDK Doc(JAVA)
Permission
- class java.security..Permission 
public abstract class Permission extends Object implements Guard , Serializable 
Tree:java.lang.Object - java.security.Permission
Abstract class for representing access to a system resource. All permissions have a name (whose interpretation depends on the subclass), as well as abstract functions for defining the semantics of the particular Permission subclass.

Permission *2
- interface java.security.acl..Permission 
public interface Permission
public boolean equals (Object  another)
This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant a particular type of access to a resource.

Permission(String)
- Constructor for class java.security.Permission 
public Permission (String  name)
Constructs a permission with the specified name.Parameters: name - name of the Permission object being created.


Permission Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Permission
(n.)
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
  

WordNet 2.0
permission

Noun
1. approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"
(hypernym) approval, commendation
(hyponym) authority, authorization, authorisation, sanction
2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
(synonym) license, permit
(hypernym) authorization, authorisation, empowerment
(hyponym) clearance
(derivation) permit, allow, let, countenance

Anagram
permission
  impression

hEnglish - advanced version
permission

permission
\per*mis"sion\ (?), n. [l. permissio: cf. f. permission. see permit.] the act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted. high permission of all-ruling heaven. you have given me your permission for this address.


Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
permission
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Caniatad
Caniatad = n. permission

Cenad
Cenad = n. messenger, permission


Permission Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Permission
For the goth magazine, see Permission (magazine)
One is said to have a permission when he or she may (or is allowed to) perform some action. There are legal and ethical permissions, but these can also belong to some other normative realms, like etiquette and games.

Permissions, like obligations, depend on norms or institutions.


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