Definition of permission
Etymology
From Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere ("to give up", "to allow")
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Do I have your permission to throw this away?
- (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.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- permissible
- permissive
- planning permission
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