Glossary

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Access Control List (ACL)

the part of the security descriptor that lists access rights to the specified object. Access control lists contains Access Control Entries (ACE).

Access Control Entry (ACE)

an ACE is an individual entry in an ACL. An ACE contains a SID and describes the access rights that a particular user or group of users has to a system resource. The set of all ACEs on the object are used to determine whether an access request to the object is granted.

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

an abstract interface that defines a power management and configuration mechanism for hardware and operating systems. Part of the industry-wide OnNow Initiative, ACPI is defined in the industry-sponsored ACPI Specification.

APIPA

Windows 2000/XP feature providing automatic configuration of IP-addresses (Automatic Private IP Addressing or APIPA).

APM (Advanced Power Management)

a legacy power management scheme based on the approach to BIOS implementation used in Windows 95.

Auditing

a tracing activity of the system users by logging events of the specified types in the system Security log. Registry activity can also be audited.

Automated System Recovery (ASR)

the new emergency recovery system that replaced the ERD functionality. Automated System Recovery (ASR) is a two-part recovery system that allows you to restore Windows XP operating system states by using files saved to tape media, and hard disk configuration information saved to a floppy disk.