Term: UAC [User Account Control]

UAC is an acronym for User Account Control (or, depending on who you talk to, User Access Control).

User Account Control is a feature added to Windows Vista (and made less annoying in Windows 7) that prompts the user for confirmation or the administrator password when something potentially system-altering or malicious is about to take place.

Windows 7 UAC Prompt

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