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password

[ pas-wurd, pahs- ]

noun

  1. a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.

    Synonyms: watchword

  2. 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 /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of password1

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

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Example Sentences

It’s grower Champagne, a term that is in itself a hack, a cheat code, a secret password through the hidden door that leads directly to the good stuff.

From Eater

Also, it fixes an issue where the System Preferences panel would not unlock after a user enters their password in some cases, as well as a bug that sometimes prevented changes made to Apple ProRAW images from saving.

Once installed, Chrome users on Windows will be able to access any passwords they saved or allowed iCloud Keychain to securely generate for them within Safari for macOS or iOS.

Pick your user account, enter your password, choose Reinstall macOS, and work through the screens as they come up.

Today comes some news from one of the bigger companies working in the area of password security, which points out how business is shifting for the companies providing these tools.

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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