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💻 Unified data processing 🆔 Identity provider
IDP

IDP

7.9
A service that checks who you are and lets other apps sign you in
  • noun
  • /ˌaɪˌdiːˈpiː/
  • Texting
translation icon : proveedor de identidad
  • By using an IDP, organizations can implement single sign-on (SSO), enhancing security and user convenience.

Examples

  • And unlike other true single sign-on IdPs, LDAP-based systems don't have to be the sole source of user account data, so it's not like it'd necessarily lock down the system in ways that would be.

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  • The IDP verifies users' identities, allowing them to access multiple applications with a single login.

  • An IDP provides identity information to other systems, which simplifies the sign-in process for users.

Surface Forms

IDP singular
IDPs plural

Morphology

IDP = I + D + P

This sense is an initialism/acronym (commonly for 'Identity Provider'); the component letters are not meaningful English morphemes, so the word is opaque morphologically.

Etymology

IDP is also used for Identity Provider, where identity means 'who you are' and provider means 'someone who gives'. So an IDP is a service that checks your identity and gives a proof so you can sign in to other systems.