allow · permission

let thing to enable it

Allow (verb) means: let thing to enable it. It emerges from let, enables: the permission from let combined with the capacity to enable creates the ability to permit an action. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Linux kernel allows user-space programs to access hardware via system calls. computing
• The 1974 Clean Air Act allows the EPA to regulate interstate air pollutants. institutions
• A router's firewall allows only port 80 traffic to reach the web server. engineering

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