access control
Noun
Meaning
The practice of restricting entrance to a property, a building, or a room to authorized persons.
In technology, permitting or denying the use of a particular resource.
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Examples
Access control in early AT-class machines was by a physical keylock switch (which was not hard to defeat if the computer case could be opened).
Access control is not standardized, though there has been work on it and there are commonly used models.
Access control Access to protected information must be restricted to people who are authorized to access the information.
Access control system operation When a credential is presented to a reader, the reader sends the credential’s information, usually a number, to a control panel, a highly reliable processor.
Access control systems using serial controllers and terminal servers 4. Serial controllers with terminal servers.
Access control system topologies Access control system using serial controllers 1. Serial controllers.