permission

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

approval to do something“he asked permission to leave”
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorizationSynonyms: license permit

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Permission \Per*mis"sion\ (p[~e]r*m[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L. permissio: cf. F. permission. See Permit.] The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted. [1913 Webster]

High permission of all-ruling Heaven. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

You have given me your permission for this address. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Leave; liberty; license.

Usage: Leave, Permission. Leave implies that the recipient may decide whether to use the license granted or not. Permission is the absence on the part of another of anything preventive, and in general, at least by implication, signifies approval. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

permission access 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)