Authority

Authority (English for: authority ) stands for:

• Part of the authority of a Uniform Resource Identifier ,
• Superhero group The Authority from the DC Universe .

The term authority is used in names to make it clear that an authority, an organization or, in general, a system unit is responsible for all aspects of an area.

For example:

• Hamburg Port Authority ,
• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ,
• Policy Certification Authority .

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.