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Access-control list. In computer security, an access-control list ( ACL) is a list of permissions [ a] associated with a system resource (object or facility). An ACL specifies which users or system processes are granted access to resources, as well as what operations are allowed on given resources. [ 1] Each entry in a typical ACL specifies a ...
PCI-X 2.0 and PCI Express introduced an extended configuration space, up to 4096 bytes. The only standardized part of extended configuration space is the first four bytes at 0x100 which are the start of an extended capability list. Extended capabilities are very much like normal capabilities except that they can refer to any byte in the ...
The uses of extended attributes in Be-like systems are varied: For example, Tracker and OpenTracker, the file-managers of BeOS and Haiku respectively, both store the locations of file icons in attributes, [8] Haiku's "Mail" service stores all message content and metadata in extended file attributes, [9] and the MIME types of files are stored in ...
EFI system partition. The EFI ( Extensible Firmware Interface) system partition or ESP is a partition on a data storage device (usually a hard disk drive or solid-state drive) that is used by computers that have the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). When a computer is booted, UEFI firmware loads files stored on the ESP to start ...
File-system permissions. Most file systems include attributes of files and directories that control the ability of users to read, change, navigate, and execute the contents of the file system. In some cases, menu options or functions may be made visible or hidden depending on a user's permission level; this kind of user interface is referred to ...
Physical Address Extension. In computing, Physical Address Extension ( PAE ), sometimes referred to as Page Address Extension, [ 1] is a memory management feature for the x86 architecture. PAE was first introduced by Intel in the Pentium Pro, and later by AMD in the Athlon processor. [ 2] It defines a page table hierarchy of three levels ...
M3U ( MP3 URL[ 1][ 2] or Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator [ 3] in full) is a computer file format for a multimedia playlist. One common use of the M3U file format is creating a single-entry playlist file pointing to a stream on the Internet. The created file provides easy access to that stream and is often ...
xinetd. In computer networking, xinetd ( Extended Internet Service Daemon) is an open-source super-server daemon which runs on many Unix-like systems, and manages Internet -based connectivity. [ 3] It offers a more secure alternative to the older inetd ("the Internet daemon"), which most modern Linux distributions have deprecated.