Glossary

Access Control List

A table that indicates the access rights a user has for a particular system object.

Asynchronous Request-Response Protocol

A message-exchange protocol between two computers where one party issues a request and another party optionally responds to the request, with the requesting party not waiting for the response. If the requesting party expects a response, it either checks for a response repeatedly or is alerted when a response is ready. A typical example of this protocol is SMTP.

Authentication

The process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be.

Database Transaction Processing

A sequence of information exchange and related work that is treated as a unit for the purposes ...

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