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password

[ pas-wurd, pahs- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
Synonyms: watchword
a word or other string of characters, sometimes kept secret or confidential, that must be supplied by a user in order to gain full or partial access to a computer, computer system, or electronic device.

password

/ ˈpɑːsˌwɜːd /

a secret word, phrase, etc, that ensures admission or acceptance by proving identity, membership, etc
an action, quality, etc, that gains admission or acceptance
a sequence of characters used to gain access to a computer system

First recorded in 1810–20; pass none + word none

When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.

WardsWiki (as it became known) allowed anyone to edit and contribute, without even needing a password.

Balic claimed that he was allowed to try over 20,000 password combinations on a given account.

Most security experts believe individual accounts were hacked, by exploiting password resets, rather than the Apple cloud itself.

When you get to the website—which is not yet ready to be seen by the public—you are asked for your email and password.

The chaplain comes and in a few phrases gives us the password, the sign which admits us to the peaceful Masonry of Christianity.

Then he suddenly demands the password from Edgar, and Edgar immediately answers him with the words "Sweet marjoram."

Unless he gives the password quickly I shall take no chance but run up this tree.

But the password was given, and by the sounds it seemed to Scarlett that two armed men had begun to ascend the stairs.

Outside there waited a carriage, and Cleek, muttering a well-remembered password, bade the driver take them to Charing Cross.

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