remission

n 1: an abatement in the manifestations of a disease; "his cancer

is in remission" [syn: {subsidence}]

2: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: {remittance},

{remittal}]

3: formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament

of penance [syn: {absolution}, {remission of sin}]

permission

(Or "file mode") An access privelege (e.g. read,

write, execute) associated with a {file} or {directory}.

Depending on the {operating system}, each file may have

different permissions for different kinds of access and

different users or groups of users.

{chmod} ("change mode") is the {UNIX} command to change

permissions.

(1997-04-08)