authentication

[ aw-then-ti-key-shuhn ]

/ ɔˌθɛn tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of establishing something as genuine or authoritative: The requisite authentication was performed on each piece before it was donated to the museum.

Also called electronic authentication .Digital Technology. the act or process of establishing identity and verifying permission to access an electronic device or computer network (often used attributively): password authentication;biometric authentication;authentication credentials.

Origin of authentication

First recorded in 1600–20; authenticat(e) + -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM authentication

re·au·then·ti·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby authentication

auteur theory, auth., authentic, authentical, authenticate, authentication, authenticator, authenticity, authigenic, author, author catalog

Example sentences from the Web for authentication

Lastly, users should seriously consider turning on 2-factor authentication for any service that supports it.
How to Mitigate the Damage of the Heartbleed Security Hole|Joshua Kopstein|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Are authentication codes changed from time to time as a matter of course?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Two days after the authentication of the will he died, on the twenty first of May, 1506, which was the day of Ascension.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals|Edward Everett Hale
He had the certain pleasure of authentication and he was not the monopoly of having everything.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein

This authentication entitles the vessel to the protection of the consul's state.
International Law|George Grafton Wilson and George Fox Tucker
He wanted the tip to exhaust the subject of Death, and to leave him only the task of authentication.
When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan