access control list (ACL) (ACL)

In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that apply to an entire object, a set of the object's properties, or an individual property of an object, and that define the access granted to one or more security principals.

Contains a list of users or groups and their security permissions. Identifies who can update, modify, or delete an object on a computer or resource on the network.

A list of security protections that apply to an entire object, a set of the object's properties, or an individual property of an object. There are two types of access control lists: discretionary and system.

A document that defines who can access a particular bucket or object. Each bucket and object in Amazon S3 has an ACL. The document defines what each type of user can do, such as write and read permissions.

A data set which grants permissions, or access rights, to each user or group for a specific system object, such as a directory or file.   Using the ACL information from the content repositories the same permissions apply to search results. This means that a user is only able to see the query results that he/she is entitled to view, based on his/her permissions towards the source content repository.

A set of data associated with a file, directory, or other resource that defines users' or groups' access rights to that resource.