Wildcard: A character that is used to help select files based on a certain pattern
Windows Search service: A service that indexes files on your computer by looking through them on a schedule
Module 2 Glossary
New terms and their definitions: Course 3 Module 2
ACL: Access Control Lists
Administrator: A user that has complete control over a machine
Biometric data: A way of protecting your accounts and information using biometric data such as facial recognition and fingerprint
Computer management: A tool that lets you manage a local or remote computer
DACL: Discretionary Access Control List
File permissions: A process for setting permissions for who has access to certain files
Full control: A user or group with full control that can do anything they want to files
Inherit only: A permission group that means that a DACL will be inherited, but not applied to a container
List folder contents: A command that will execute and list folder contents and is an alias for Read and Execute
Mobile device management: A system used to apply and enforce rules about how the device has to be configured and used
Modify: An umbrella permission that includes read and execute and write
Primary account: The initial account you made during setup
Read and execute permission: Permissions that grant you access to read the file that exists and execute it if its runnable
Read permission: Permissions that grant you access to read the file that exists
Root user: It is the first user that gets automatically created when we install a Linux OS and has all the privileges on the OS. Also called the super user. There's technically only one superuser or root account, but anyone that's granted access to use their powers can be called a superuser too
SACL’s: System Access Control List
