capability

Definitions

1. The power or ability to generate an outcome.
   countable, uncountable
2. A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“And that sight will become⟳ more common in the coming years, as the city’s police pursue⟳ an ambitious campaign to install⟳ thousands of cameras to elevate their surveillance capabilities.”

“A file⟳ descriptor can be considered a capability that can only be leveraged using the appropriate system calls, passing it as an argument.”

“Enforcing a security policy means controlling the rights users can acquire⟳ to data. In a capability machine, a user’s rights are defined by the capabilities he (or a process⟳ acting on his behalf) can obtain⟳ and the access rights conferred by those capabilities.”

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