password
n. keyword, code word, special code that is used to gain entry (to a computer system, etc.) | ||||
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Password Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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password
<security> An arbitrary string of characters chosen by a user or system administrator and used to authenticate the user when he attempts to log on, in order to prevent unauthorised access to his account.
A favourite activity among unimaginative computer nerds and crackers is writing programs which attempt to discover passwords by using lists of commonly chosen passwords such as people's names (spelled forward or backward). It is recommended that to defeat such methods passwords use a mixture of upper and lower case letters or digits and avoid proper names and real words. If you have trouble remembering random strings of characters, make up an acronym like "ihGr8trmP" ("I have great trouble remembering my password").
(1994-10-27)
<security> An arbitrary string of characters chosen by a user or system administrator and used to authenticate the user when he attempts to log on, in order to prevent unauthorised access to his account.
A favourite activity among unimaginative computer nerds and crackers is writing programs which attempt to discover passwords by using lists of commonly chosen passwords such as people's names (spelled forward or backward). It is recommended that to defeat such methods passwords use a mixture of upper and lower case letters or digits and avoid proper names and real words. If you have trouble remembering random strings of characters, make up an acronym like "ihGr8trmP" ("I have great trouble remembering my password").
(1994-10-27)
| A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology |
Password
The password is a code known only by a user to ensure that the individual who is trying to Login to the computer is the actual person that the Userid being used belongs to.
The password is a code known only by a user to ensure that the individual who is trying to Login to the computer is the actual person that the Userid being used belongs to.
| WebGuest Web Glossary |
Password
Secret code that you must enter after your user ID (login name) in order to log on to a computer.
Secret code that you must enter after your user ID (login name) in order to log on to a computer.
| Jensen's Technology Glossary |
Password
A secret word used to identify a user.
A secret word used to identify a user.
| Internet Glossary |
Password
A code used to gain access to a locked system. Good passwords contain letters and non-letters and are not simple combinations such as virtue7. A good password might be:
A code used to gain access to a locked system. Good passwords contain letters and non-letters and are not simple combinations such as virtue7. A good password might be:
Hot$1-6
See Also: Login
| Panda Software Glossary |
Password
This is a sequence of characters used to restrict access to a certain file, program or other area, so that only those who know the password can enter.
This is a sequence of characters used to restrict access to a certain file, program or other area, so that only those who know the password can enter.
Password Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Dictionary of Military Terms |
password
(*) A secret word or distinctive sound used to reply to a challenge. See also challenge; countersign.
(*) A secret word or distinctive sound used to reply to a challenge. See also challenge; countersign.
Password Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Password
(n.)
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
(n.)
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
| WordNet 2.0 |
password
Noun
1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"
(synonym) watchword, word, parole, countersign
(hypernym) positive identification
Noun
1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"
(synonym) watchword, word, parole, countersign
(hypernym) positive identification
| hEnglish - advanced version |
password
password
pastime \pas"time`\ (?), n. [pass + time: cf. f. passetemps.] that which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.
similar words(1)
one-time password
password
pastime \pas"time`\ (?), n. [pass + time: cf. f. passetemps.] that which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.
similar words(1)
one-time password
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
password
focal faire
focal faire
| Dream Dictionary |
Password
To dream of a password, foretells you will have influential aid in some slight trouble soon to attack you. For a woman to dream that she has given away the password, signifies she will endanger her own standing through seeking frivolous or illicit desires.
To dream of a password, foretells you will have influential aid in some slight trouble soon to attack you. For a woman to dream that she has given away the password, signifies she will endanger her own standing through seeking frivolous or illicit desires.
Password Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Wordpassing
Wordpassing, Passwords Communication or passing of the word or words in two contexts:
1) in the sacred Mysteries, by one hierophant just before his death to his successor; and
2) as the culminating act of initiation, from the initiate to the candidate or neophyte, as in Freemasonry by the Master of the Lodge, representing King Solomon, to the candidate after his raising.
In the first case, the hierophant could either offer his pure life "as a sacrifice for his race to the gods whom he hoped to rejoin," or an animal victim. This last is a blind, for no initiate of the right-hand path ever sacrificed the life of an animal or any life. The sacrifice performed is the complete conquest of the lower, animal nature, either in this or a lower degree; hence the alternative. The sacrifice of their lives "depended entirely on their own will. At the last moment of the solemn 'new birth,' the initiator passed 'the word' to the initiated, and immediately after that the latter had a weapon placed in his right hand, and was ordered to strike. This is the true origin of the Christian dogma of atonement" (IU 2:42). Blavatsky mentions a widespread superstition among the Slavs and Russians that a magician or wizard cannot die before he has passed the word to a successor, which she traces to the ancient Mysteries.
In the Egyptian initiatory rites taking place in the Great Pyramid, the neophyte,
"upon returning -- received the Word, with or without the 'heart's blood' of the Hierophant.
to be continue "Wordpassing2 "
Wordpassing, Passwords Communication or passing of the word or words in two contexts:
1) in the sacred Mysteries, by one hierophant just before his death to his successor; and
2) as the culminating act of initiation, from the initiate to the candidate or neophyte, as in Freemasonry by the Master of the Lodge, representing King Solomon, to the candidate after his raising.
In the first case, the hierophant could either offer his pure life "as a sacrifice for his race to the gods whom he hoped to rejoin," or an animal victim. This last is a blind, for no initiate of the right-hand path ever sacrificed the life of an animal or any life. The sacrifice performed is the complete conquest of the lower, animal nature, either in this or a lower degree; hence the alternative. The sacrifice of their lives "depended entirely on their own will. At the last moment of the solemn 'new birth,' the initiator passed 'the word' to the initiated, and immediately after that the latter had a weapon placed in his right hand, and was ordered to strike. This is the true origin of the Christian dogma of atonement" (IU 2:42). Blavatsky mentions a widespread superstition among the Slavs and Russians that a magician or wizard cannot die before he has passed the word to a successor, which she traces to the ancient Mysteries.
In the Egyptian initiatory rites taking place in the Great Pyramid, the neophyte,
"upon returning -- received the Word, with or without the 'heart's blood' of the Hierophant.
to be continue "Wordpassing2 "
Password Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Telecommunication Standard Terms |
password
1. [A] protected/private character string used to authenticate an identity or to authorize access to data. [NIS] 2 . In data communications, a word, character, or combination thereof, that permits access to otherwise inaccessible data, information, or facilities. (188 )
1. [A] protected/private character string used to authenticate an identity or to authorize access to data. [NIS] 2 . In data communications, a word, character, or combination thereof, that permits access to otherwise inaccessible data, information, or facilities. (188 )
Password Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Password
A password is a form of secret authentication data that is used to control access to a resource. The password is kept secret from those not allowed access, and those wishing to gain access are tested on whether or not they know the password and are granted or denied access accordingly.
The use of passwords goes back to ancient times. Sentries guarding a location would challenge for a password. They would only allow a person in if they knew the password. In modern times, passwords are used to control access to protected computer operating systems, mobile phones, cable TV decoders, automated teller machines (ATMs), etc. A typical computer user may require passwords for many purposes: logging in to computer accounts, retrieving email from servers, accessing files, databases, networks, web sites, and even reading the morning newspaper online.
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