What are profiles and permission sets in Salesforce?

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Permission sets and profiles are used in Salesforce to control access to objects, fields, and records.

Permission sets are used to grant additional permissions to specific users or groups beyond what is already defined in their profiles.
Profiles are used to define the baseline permissions and settings for a user or group.
Permission sets can be assigned to users in addition to their profile to give them access to specific objects, fields, or records.
Profiles control access to objects, fields, and records based on the user's role and organization-wide defaults.
Profiles can be cloned and customized to create different levels of access for different users or groups.

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