Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

access control list

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: ac-cess -con-trol list
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated ACL.

Example Sentences

"The hackers broke through the B security model, so no more role-level security: all critical data must use access control lists from now on."

Inflected Forms

access control lists (plural)

Questions

What does access control list mean?: A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated ACL.

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