ACL (access control list)

A security type used by Lotus Notes developers to grant varying levels of access and user privileges within Lotus Notes databases.

In computer security, a list associated with an object that identifies all the subjects that can access the object and their access rights.

A list of security protections that apply to an entire object, or 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. [Exchange 2003]

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. [Exchange 2007]

The data set that contains the access rights each user has to a directory or file.