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Administrator privileges

nounid 1450·updated May 9, 2026
verified

Computer system access to resources that are unavailable to most users. Administrator privileges permit execution of actions that would otherwise be restricted.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.05.12.f ¶ 2

Classifications

Entity Type

Role90%rule-basedr:entity.role.named.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

possessive
Administrator privileges's
pluralpossessive
Administrator privilegeses'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
Computer system access to resources that are unavailable to most users. Administrator privileges permit execution of actions that would otherwise be restricted.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Computer system access to resources that are unavailable to most users. Administrator privileges permit execution of actions that would otherwise be restricted.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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