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  2. Authorization hold - Wikipedia

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    Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds until the merchant clears the transaction (also called settlement), after the transaction is completed or aborted, or because the hold expires.

  3. Software license - Wikipedia

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    On both sides, and therefore mostly orthogonal, "free download" (Freeware). A software license is a legal instrument governing the use or redistribution of software. Since the 1970s, software copyright has been recognized in the United States.

  4. Role-based access control - Wikipedia

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    In computer systems security, role-based access control (RBAC) [1][2] or role-based security[3] is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users, and to implementing mandatory access control (MAC) or discretionary access control (DAC). Role-based access control is a policy-neutral access control mechanism defined around roles and ...

  5. Per-seat license - Wikipedia

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    Per-seat license. A per-seat license (or "named user license") [1] is a software license model based on the number of individual users, known as 'seats' in reference to them sitting in an office chair at a workstation, who have access to a digital service or product. For example, 50-user per-seat license would mean that up to 50 individual ...

  6. Authorization - Wikipedia

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    Most modern, multi-user operating systems include role-based access control (RBAC) where authorization is implicitly defined by the roles. User authentication is the process of verifying the identity of consumers. When an authenticated consumer tries to access a resource, the access control process checks that the consumer has been authorized ...

  7. Subscription business model - Wikipedia

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    Subscription business model. The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, [1] and is now used by many businesses, websites [2] and even pharmaceutical ...

  8. Computer security - Wikipedia

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    An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of (or damage to) hardware, software, or ...

  9. Computer access control - Wikipedia

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    In computer security, general access control includes identification, authorization, authentication, access approval, and audit.A more narrow definition of access control would cover only access approval, whereby the system makes a decision to grant or reject an access request from an already authenticated subject, based on what the subject is authorized to access.