What is a characteristic of implicit privileges?

Implicit privileges are characteristics of data access and permissions in systems like Teradata. They are automatically granted to users based on their role or ownership of certain objects, without any need for direct assignment. This means that when a user has ownership of a database, they automatically have the privileges to access and manipulate data within that database, even if those privileges are not explicitly listed or assigned to them.

This kind of privilege system simplifies access management, as it reduces the overhead of explicitly assigning every individual permission to users for all database objects. It allows for a more streamlined and less error-prone way to handle data access, as users can operate within the objects they own without needing specific permission each time.

In contrast, privileges that need to be explicitly defined require an administrator to assign them, and they may carry different levels of priority as compared to implicit privileges based on the organization's access control policies. However, the defining feature of implicit privileges is that they are granted automatically based on the relationships and ownerships in the database, emphasizing ease of management in user permissions.