What is Accounting?

Accounting is the process of keeping track of the changes a user implemented in a computing system.

Accounting is the third component of the AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) model for access control.

Accounting systems are becoming increasingly granular. Early accounting systems would record access to specific computing systems. Modern accounting systems are able to record access to specific menu items or database cells.



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