Definitions[]
Banking[]
An account is "a deposit account at a bank."[1]
Security[]
An account is
| “ | [a] logical grouping of configuration items that is used to control access. An account can represent a company in a data center that supports more than one company, a department, or other groupings.[2] | ” |
| “ | [a]n entity that contains a set of parameters that define the application-specific attributes of a user, which include the identity, user profile, and credentials.[3] | ” |
Telecommunication[]
An account is "[t]he billing account associated to the service provider for billing the telecom services."[4]