New word usage,or what does this refer to?
New word usage,or what does this refer to?
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This was part of an e-mail that I recieved from the UGI connection: "We lack document security and granular control over user access rights". It was number two in a list of 12 engineering documentation management problems. What does 'granular' control refer to? I have never come accross this use for the word granular before. Can anyone shed any light on this?





RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
Back then, prior-authorization was required to get into any specific grain. If you were authorized, then your query "saw" the document. If you weren't authorized then it didn't. Today that concept is implemented through cascading passwords (i.e., the library has a password, the categories have their own password, and the documents have their own).
No, it isn't a new concept. Every field will have its own jargon.
David
RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
Where you said "course granularity," I think you meant "coarse granularity."
Normally no biggie, but considering the forum...
Engineering is not the science behind building. It is the science behind not building.
RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
David
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- Steve
RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
I understood that. Now how about all those non-UNIX/Linux geeks?
Also, most of the time, that is for a directory. The X stands for executable, and would apply to executable code or a script of some sort.
RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
David
RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?
- Steve
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Tata
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RE: New word usage,or what does this refer to?