system protection mechanism
1Protection mechanism — In computer science, protection mechanisms are built into a computer architecture to support the enforcement of security policies.[1] A simple definition of a security policy is to set who may use what information in a computer system .[1] The… …
2Protection — The word protection refers to anything that helps ward off some threat; the preservation from injury or harm; money paid for a guarantee against threatened violence.Protection may also refer to:* Protection (album), a 1994 album by Massive Attack …
3System — (from Latin systēma , in turn from Greek polytonic|σύστημα systēma) is a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole. The concept of an integrated whole can also be stated in terms of a system… …
4Copy protection — Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy obstruction, copy prevention and copy restriction, refer to techniques used for preventing the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons.[1]… …
5Separation of protection and security — In computer sciences the separation of protection and security is a design choice. Wulf et al. identified protection as a mechanism and security as a policy,[1] therefore making the protection security distinction a particular case of the… …
6CD/DVD copy protection — is a blanket term for various methods of copy protection for CDs and DVDs. Such methods include DRM, CD checks, Dummy Files, illegal tables of contents, over sizing or over burning the CD, physical errors, and bad sectors. Many protection schemes …
7Compact Disc and DVD copy protection — CD/DVD copy protection is a blanket term for various methods of copy protection for CDs and DVDs. Such methods include DRM, CD checks, Dummy Files, illegal tables of contents, over sizing or over burning the CD, physical errors, and bad sectors.… …
8immune system — Anat. a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system… …
9Social Protection — ▪ 2006 Introduction With medical costs skyrocketing and government programs scaled back, citizens bore more responsibility for their health care costs; irregular migration, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling posed challenges for… …
10Memory protection — is a way to control memory access rights on a computer, and is a part of most modern operating systems. The main purpose of memory protection is to prevent a process from accessing memory that has not been allocated to it. This prevents a bug… …
