permission

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From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere (to give up", "to allow)

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Singular
permission

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural permissions

permission (countable and uncountable; plural permissions)

  1. authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  2. The act of permitting
    Do I have your permission to throw this away?
  3. (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
    I used the command "chmod 644 /var/www/html/index.htm" to change the file's permission.

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