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password

Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.wɜɹd/

The English word “password” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
  2. A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.

verb

  1. To protect with a password.

Etymology

From pass + word. The sentry-passing sense predates the cryptographic sense and was its inspiration.

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