password
[pas-wurd, pahs-]
- a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
- 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.
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Origin of password
Synonyms
See more synonyms for password on Thesaurus.com1. watchword.
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Examples from the Web for password
Contemporary Examples
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.
‘The Fappening 3’: More Celeb Nudes of Cara Delevingne and Others Leak OnlineMarlow Stern
September 26, 2014
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.
So the safest thing to do is to not take any chances: if there is any doubt, reset your password.
Historical Examples
He had the password, and the sentinels wished him good luck.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
One of them gave him the password, and he conceived him to be a friend.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
"God save the Queen" is his text, his motto and his password.
Australia RevengedBoomerang
By the way, David, you didn't happen to overhear the password, did you?
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High SchoolJessie Graham Flower
Admission was conditioned, however, on the utterance of a password at the door.
Unwritten Literature of HawaiiNathaniel Bright Emerson
password
- a secret word, phrase, etc, that ensures admission or acceptance by proving identity, membership, etc
- an action, quality, etc, that gains admission or acceptance
- a sequence of characters used to gain access to a computer system
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Word Origin and History for password
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