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access control list

1. In security, a list of entities, together with their access rights, that are authorized to access a resource.
2. [A] mechanism implementing discretionary and/or mandatory access control between subjects and objects. [INFOSEC-99]
3. A list associated with an object specifying the access rights of subjects to that object [CESG].
4. A set of control attributes. It is a list, associated with a security object or group of security objects. The list contains the names of security subjects and the type of access that may be granted [ECMATR46].
5. A list of entities, together with their access rights which are authorized to have access to a resource [7498-2].
6. Discretionary access control mechanism associated with an object, consisting of a list of entries, where each entry is a subject identifier coupled with a set of access permissions [POSIX.6].