 of access that
are to be permitted. For example, read-only access means that the contents of the file may be read but not altered or erased.
[Computer and Information Sciences] 
n., The notion that 'the public' or 'minority groups' should have access to the means of broadcasting to promote their 'voices' or
n., The authority to access a system to compile, classify, register, retrieve, annotate, read, transfer or destroy records, granted to a person, position or office within an organization or agency. [Arc