Privilege

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privilege

A permission or right. In information security, it refers to the modes of operation that a user or a process is granted. Examples include user-level privilege, operator privilege and supervisory privilege. The privilege indicator is a token or semaphore that is maintained by the security kernel. See access mode, privileged mode and capability.

privilege

1. any of the fundamental rights guaranteed to the citizens of a country by its constitution

a. the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge information obtained in confidence from a client

b. the right claimed by any of certain other functionaries to refuse to divulge information

3. the rights and immunities enjoyed by members of most legislative bodies, such as freedom of speech, freedom from arrest in civil cases during a session, etc.

Privilege

the granting of some concession; a partial exemption from fulfilling established rules or obligations (tax privileges or pension privileges) or the easing of the conditions of their fulfillment.

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No references found			TEE KITES of olden times, as well as the Swans, had the privilege of song. Fables by Aesop View in context Hence it follows that a government is never more strongly organized, and as a consequence is never more perfect than when it has been established for the protection of Privilege of the most restricted kind. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context Every one of these minor firms claimed and received the privilege of drawing bills on Pizzituti, Turlington & Branca for amounts varying from four to six thousand pounds--on no better security than a verbal understanding that the money to pay the bills should be forwarded before they fell due. Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context			private line private line arrangement private line service Private Manual Branch eXchange private member private number plan private pack private peering Private Plot private residence private school private sector private sewage disposal system private sewer private stairway private stream private Web site private-key cryptography Private-Public Accusation Privateer Privateering privation privative privatization privet Privilege privileged privileged communication privileged direction privileged instruction privileged mode Privodino Privokzalnyi Privole Privolzhsk Privolzhskii privy privy chamber Privy Chancellery Privy Council Privy Councillor Privy Duma privy purse privy seal Prix de Rome Prix de Rome, Grand Prize prize cases prize fighting prize house Prize Law			privatizing Privatna Lekarska Komora Srbije Privatorum conventio juri publico non derogat Privatrecht Privatrecht Privatrecht Privatrecht Privatrecht Privatum incommodum publico bono peusatur privatus Privatwirtschaftlicher Energie Contracting Unternehmen Privelege Privelege Privelege Privement enceinte privet privet privet privet andromeda privet hawk privet hedge privets privets privets privies privies privies Priviledge Priviledge Priviledge Privilege Privilege (law) Privilege (law) Privilege (law) privilege against self incrimination privilege against self-incrimination Privilege Attribute Certificate Privilege Attribute Server Privilege Illegal Operations Channel Privilege Illegal User Identity Privilege Login Not Active Privilege Management Privilege of Peerage Privilege of Peerage privilege of the floor privilege of the floor Privilege Ticket Order Privilege Ticket-Granting Ticket privilege to disclose privilege to publish privilege to reproduce Privilege, Illegal Command Code privileged privileged privileged privileged Privileged Access Lifecycle Management Privileged Access Management Privileged belligerent Privileged belligerent Privileged Character

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