password
/ˈpɑːswəːd
/noun
1A secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to a place: if you don’t know the password you can’t come in...
- They were a secret detective society you see, with secret meetings, and a secret badge, and passwords and codes and everything.
- My credit is good, I know all my secret passwords, I just live in more than one place.
- Maybe there is a secret password for obtaining double beds and I don't know as it yet.
Synonyms
word of identification, sign, signal, word;
open sesame
Military, archaic watchword, countersign, parole
1.1A string of characters that allows access to a computer, interface, or system: each user has a password in order to log on to the network...
- Keychain is the Mac OS ' secure password storage system, allowing passwords to be accessed through a single master code.
- With an FTP server, you can specify the user names and passwords of the people allowed into your system.
- Then one day the computer forgot the mailbox password and no one could connect to access their emails.
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- operatorship