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authorization
The act of determining whether a user can perform a specific
- action. In bfg terms, this means determining whether, for a given
- context, any :term:`principal` (or principals) associated with the
- request have the requisite :term:`permission` to allow the request
- to continue. Authorization in :mod:`pyramid` is performed via
- its :term:`authorization policy`.
+ action. In pyramid terms, this means determining whether, for a
+ given context, any :term:`principal` (or principals) associated
+ with the request have the requisite :term:`permission` to allow
+ the request to continue. Authorization in :mod:`pyramid` is
+ performed via its :term:`authorization policy`.
principal
A *principal* is a string or unicode object representing a userid