emission

n 1: the act of emitting [syn: {emanation}]

2: a substance that is emitted or released [syn: {discharge}]

3: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out

of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: {discharge}, {expelling}]

4: the release of electrons from parent atoms

5: the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)

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)