Asset

Anything owned that has value; any interest in real property or personal property that can be used for payment of debts.

Assets are everything you own that has any monetary value, plus any money you are owed.

They include money in bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, equity in real estate, the value of your life insurance policy, and any personal property that people would pay to own.

When you figure your net worth, you subtract the amount you owe, or your liabilities, from your assets. Similarly, a company's assets include the value of its physical plant, its inventory, and less tangible elements, such as its reputation.

Anything of monetary value that is owned by a person or company. Assets include real property, personal property, stocks, mutual funds, etc.

A major application, general support system, high impact program, physical plant, mission critical system, or a logically related group of systems.

In security, a resource or information that is to be protected. [After CC-99] 2. Any system or component (e.g., subsystem, hardware, firmware, software, database, or interconnection communications network or facility) that is part of a communications system or an information system. [After FAA]