{"id":10650,"date":"2011-08-08T17:43:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/access-control-list\/"},"modified":"2012-11-12T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T14:20:06","slug":"access-control-list","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24766\/access-control-list-acl","title":{"rendered":"Access Control List"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_access_control_list_mean\">What Does Access Control List Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Access control list (ACL) refers to the permissions attached to an object that specify which users are granted access to that object and the operations it is allowed to perform. <\/p>\n<p>Each entry in an access control list specifies the subject and an associated operation that is permitted.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_access_control_list\">Techopedia Explains Access Control List<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>File system ACL is a data structure that holds entries that specify individual user or group rights to system objects such as processes, files and programs. 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