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authentication

authentication

27 6.3
Checking that a person or document is real
  • noun
  • /ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
: autenticación
  • What is the strongest form of two step authentication we could use?
  • biometric authentication
  • user authentication
  • authentication process

OK, so it's a it's a call and response authentication.

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Examples

  • The match is performed against a specific reference or authentication factor associated with the claimed identity.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The fundamental question for the authentication of literature is a simple one: Do you believe it?

    Academic text (2013)
  • There will be papers to be signed, of course, and authentication carried out.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • OK, so let's look at the sort of model for how our basic authentication system is going to work.

  • - It requires double authentication.

  • Invite students to share their authentication questions and record a master list of questions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • For the first time doing an authentication, we recommend pursuing only a small number of questions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Thus, it is imperative that entities adopt enhanced security measures to control authentication and access to information resources.

    Academic text (2003)
  • EZproxy provides authorization and authentication services to enable users to access restricted content resources.

    Academic text (2018)
  • To access the secure website, you need to complete the authentication process to confirm your identity.

Synonyms

certification
vsauthentication
78 4.1

An official process of checking and approving that someone or something meets rules

verifies genuineness without necessarily granting official approval
validation
vsauthentication
  • Specialized
65 4.3

An act of checking that something is true, correct, or acceptable

focuses on proving genuine identity rather than general accuracy
attestation
vsauthentication
  • Formal
2 7.9

Official proof, often by signature or witness, that something is true

performs the verification process rather than only recording proof

Antonyms

165 3.9

An action that makes someone believe something not true

falsification
  • Formal
7 7.7

To make a document or record false on purpose by changing its information

Compounds

1 4.3

A way to check who someone is using body features like a fingerprint or face

How Thorough

certification
78 4.1
attestation
  • Formal
2 7.9
authentication
  • Specialized
27 6.3
verification
  • Texting
1 3.8
to check
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

authentication = authenticate (transparent) = authenticate + ion

Standard nominalization from the verb 'authenticate' indicating the process or result of verifying authenticity.

Etymology

The word authentication comes from the root authent-, which means 'real' or 'genuine', and you see the same root in authentic and in words like author as the original maker. So authentication is the process of checking that something is really what it says it is.