Protection

In Wikipedia, for page protection see Wikipedia:Protection policy.

The word protection refers to anything that helps ward off some threat; the preservation from injury or harm; money paid for a guarantee against threatened violence.

Protection may also refer to:

Protection (album), a 1994 album by Massive Attack
Protection (climbing), a climber's basic safety mechanisms
Protection (poker), type of bet made to strengthen vulnerable hands
Personal protective equipment, to shield the body from hazards
Power system protection, of electric systems against faults
Protection mechanism an aspect of computer architecture
A condom (slang)
A promised benefit from a protection racket, an extortion scheme
Life insurance
Earthquake protection

Protection (1994 is Bristol -based Trip-hop collective Massive Attack 's second Album. To make Climbing as safe as possible most climbers use protection to prevent injury to themselves and others In Poker, protection is a bet made with a strong but vulnerable hand such as top pair when straight or flush draws are possible Personal protective equipment (PPE refers to protective Clothing, Helmets, Goggles, or other garment designed to protect the wearer's body or Power system protection is that part of electrical Power engineering that deals with protecting the electrical power system from faults by isolating the faulted part from the In Computer science, protection mechanisms are built into a computer architecture to support the enforcement of Security policies. A condom is a device most commonly used during Sexual intercourse. A protection racket is an Extortion scheme whereby a powerful entity or individual coerces other less powerful entities or individuals to pay protection money Life insurance or life assurance is a contract between the policy owner and the insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a sum of money upon the occurrence of the See also Earthquake engineering Base Isolation, also known as Seismic or Base Isolation System, is a collection of structural elements which should

Dictionary

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The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
(computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file.)

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