The Emergence Machine

Authorization

process · Computing · Level 11 · E10

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Emergence definition

Authorization is the process of granting or denying access to digital information, following successful authentication, to determine the specific actions an authenticated user is allowed to perform.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “authorization” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “authorization”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
authorization
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L4L2L1L0AuthorizationAuthenticationResourceEconomyIdentitySocietyThoughtDataLogicObjectiveOrganism… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeOperationActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesLicense TransL12MandateL12Power Of AttorneyL12AuthorizationL11DataL4AuthenticationL10ResourceL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Data L4 (requires)
    Authorization is the process of granting or denying access to system resources, data, or actions based on a user's identity and permissions, following successful authentication.
  • Authentication L10 (requires)
    Authorization determines what an authenticated user can do, building on authentication which first verifies who the user is.
  • Resource L10 (requires)
    Authorization is the process of granting or denying access to system resources, data, or actions based on a user's identity and permissions, following successful authentication.

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