Perm

What is perm short for online?

Permission

Online, perm is short for "permission," which refers to a privilege given to a user to be able to perform something, like posting images or accessing protected directories. You will likely encounter perms among users in forums and messaging apps like Discord or IT professionals.

For example, a Discord user may ask, "Can I get some image perms?" when looking for image-posting capabilities in a server. Or, an IT professional may message a co-worker, "I gave katharinep perms to access the archives database, so you can mark the case as resolved."

Example

Can you give me perms to copy items from the shared driectory?
Done. LMK if you need anything else

The sad reality of no gif-posting perms

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Updated September 13, 2023

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