permission
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere (“to give up", "to allow”).
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permission (countable and uncountable; plural permissions)
- authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
- Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
- The act of permitting
- (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
- I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission.
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authorisation
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act of permitting
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in computing
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