authenticator
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- noun
- /əˈθɛntɪˌkeɪtər/
- Specialized
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autenticador
- The authenticator confirmed the artwork's legitimacy before the sale.
- authenticator codes
Examples
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For the moment, we will give out one Battle.net Authenticator - Diablo III Edition every week.
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One important thing should be added to it: when you use 2-factor authentication apps like Google Authenticator or the Battle.net Authenticator, there are special steps required so that you can migrate those apps as well and use them on the new iPhone.
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What does the authenticator do?
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And now we'll check this with the authenticator.
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I would also suggest using something like Google Authenticator.
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People buy a card and then they get it incapsulated and graded by a third party authenticator.
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The $6.50 one is not the only recourse a user has in obtaining an authenticator.
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It's a multi-factor authenticator.
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I have been testing with Google Authenticator, and so far (I've only been playing with this for a few hours), it works as advertised and is easy to use.
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These attacks are common enough that Blizzard Entertainment, creator of the popular online game World of Warcraft, sells special authenticators and offers in-game gifts for using them.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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A person or tool that checks if information meets required rules
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A person or organization that checks if something meets needed standards
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4.9
A person or device that checks facts and shows they are true
A person who signs a document as a witness to show the signature is real
A person who signs a document to show it or its signature is real
A person who watches and signs a document to show it is true
A person who confirms that a document or statement is true
A computer program that checks digital files or signatures are valid
Antonyms
How Trustworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
authenticator = authenticate (transparent) = authentic + ate + or
The agentive suffix '-or' is added to the verb 'authenticate' to form a noun meaning 'one that authenticates'; the relation is direct and regular.
Etymology
Authenticator comes from authentic, which goes back to a Greek word meaning 'original' or 'genuine' and is related to the familiar word author. So an authenticator is a person or device that checks and proves something is really 'original' or 'true'.