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Application vs Permission - What's the difference?

application | permission |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between application and permission

is that application is (computing) a computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose (also called: application program; application software) while permission is (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

As nouns the difference between application and permission

is that application is the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).

application

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
  • The thing applied.
  • * Johnson
    • He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
  • * 1857 , John Eadie, ?John Francis Waller, ?William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
    • His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications , internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
  • The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
  • * (John Locke)
    • If a right course be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
  • The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
    • I make the remark, and leave you to make the '''application .
    The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
  • (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
    • This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
  • A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.
    • December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications .
  • (bureaucracy, legal) A petition, entreaty, or other request.
    • Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Synonyms

    * (computer software) software, program

    References

    * WordNet 3.0 [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=application]. ----

    permission

    English

    Noun

  • authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
    • Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?
  • The act of permitting.
  • (computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
    • I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .

    Antonyms

    * prohibition

    Derived terms

    * permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permission

    Anagrams

    * impression