Look up: authorization

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   Authorization
   The process of determining what @ of activities are permitted. Usually, authorization is in the context of authentication. Once you have authenticated a user, the user may be authorized different @s of access or activity.
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   Authorization
   Any document designating any permission. In health care, authorization may refer to 'authorization to disclose' private information, 'authorization to treat' or 'authorization to pay', as in 'pre-authorization' required by many insurance companies and health plans. In the case of pre-authorization, the managed care organization may require approval prior to the receipt of care. (Generally, this is different from a referral in that, an authorization can be a verbal or written approval from the MC...
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   authorization
   [n] - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
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   authorization
   a) permission given to acquire or execute a service; b) approval or guarantee given by the card issuer to the acquirer, and/or card acceptor; c) issuing bank`s approval to the reimbursement bank to honour charges Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the granting of written permission to perform specified activities Category: Nuclear industry (with appli...
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   Authorization
   Au`thor·i·za'tion noun [ Confer French autorisation .] The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. « The authorization of laws. Motley. » « A special authorization from the chief. Merivale. »
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/148
   
   
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   authorization
   authorisation noun the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
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   authorization
   noun official permission or approval; `authority for the program was renewed several times`
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   Authorization
   In security engineering and computer security, `authorization` is the concept of allowing access to resources only to those permitted to use them. More formally, authorization is a process (often part of the operating system) that protects computer resources by only allowing those resources to be used by resource consumers that have been granted authority to use them. Resources include individual files' or items' data, computer programs, computer...
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   Authorization
   • (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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    authorization
    authorization, authorize 1. To give authority or power to. 2. To approve or to permit; to sanction.
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    Authorization
    The act of insuring that the cardholder has adequate funds available against their line of credit. A positive authorization results in an authorization code being generated, and those funds being set aside. The cardholder's available credit limit is reduced by the authorized amount.
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    authorization
    
    1. a document giving an official instruction or command
    2. the power or right to give orders or make decisions
    3. official permission or approval
    4. the act of authorizing
    
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    authorization
    The process of granting a person, computer process, or device access to certain information, services, or functionality. Authorization is derived from the identity of the person, computer process, or device requesting access, which is verified through authentication.…
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    Authorization
    Permission to connect to a particular computer service.
    Found on http://www.ycp.edu/library/ifl/glossary.