- password
- A secret word or distinctive sound used to reply to a challenge. See also challenge; countersign.
Military dictionary. 2000.
password
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password — pass‧word [ˈpɑːswɜːd ǁ ˈpæswɜːrd] noun [countable] COMPUTING a series of secret letters or numbers that must be put into a computer before it can be used: • Some hackers even change the company password, making the system inaccessible to… … Financial and business terms
Password — Pass word , n. A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
password — index catchword Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
password — / pɑ:swə:d/, it. / pas:word/ s. ingl. [comp. di pass passaggio e word parola ], usato in ital. al femm. (inform.) [parola di riconoscimento impiegata nei sistemi di elaborazione a scopo di sicurezza contro il loro uso improprio da parte di utenti … Enciclopedia Italiana
password — → contraseña … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
password — (n.) word appointed as a sign to distinguish friend from foe, 1798, from PASS (Cf. pass) (v.) + WORD (Cf. word) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
password — /ˈpasˌword, ingl. ˈpɑːsˌwYːd/ [vc. ingl., propr. «parola (word) per passare (to pass)»] s. f. inv. (elab.) codice CFR. username (ingl.) … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
password — (izg. pàsvōrd) m DEFINICIJA inform. niz brojaka ili slova koji služe za potvrdu identifikacije korisnika prilikom logiranja; zaporka, lozinka, šifra ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
password — [n] secret word given for entry countersign, identification, key, key word, open sesame*, parole, phrase, signal, ticket, watchword, word; concept 278 … New thesaurus
password — ► NOUN ▪ a secret word or phrase used to gain admission … English terms dictionary
password — [pas′wʉrd΄] n. 1. a secret word or phrase used for identification, as by a soldier wishing to pass a guard 2. a sequence of characters that must be entered in order to gain access to electronically locked or protected computer or security systems … English World dictionary
