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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Password \Pass"word`\, n.
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a
watchword; a countersign. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
password
n : a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
"he forgot the password" [syn: {watchword}, {word}, {parole},
{countersign}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
password
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 nerd}s and
{cracker}s is writing programs which attempt to discover
passwords by using lists of commonly chosen passwords such as
people's names (spelled forwards or backwards). 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)
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