Access control

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In the fields of physical security and information security, access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource.

Description

The act of accessing may mean consuming, entering, or using.

Permission to access a resource is called authorization.

Locks and login credentials

Locks and login credentials are two analogous mechanisms of access control.

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