<s>
A	O
principal	O
in	O
computer	O
security	O
is	O
an	O
entity	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
authenticated	O
by	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
or	O
network	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
security	B-General_Concept
principal	I-General_Concept
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Microsoft	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
identified	O
and	O
authenticated	O
before	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
assigned	O
rights	O
and	O
privileges	O
over	O
resources	O
in	O
the	O
network	B-Architecture
.	O
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