Definitions
Business
A principal is an administrator or a high-ranking person within a company, enterprise, or partnership, especially one with a stake as a partner, or possessing a management hierarchical status.
Finance
Principal is the original amount of a debt or investment on which interest is calculated.
Security
A principal is
- "[a] system entity whose identity can be authenticated."[1]
- "[a]n entity whose identity can be authenticated."[2]
References
- ↑ SOA4All, Glossary (full-text).
- ↑ FIPS 186-3.
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