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authenticators

authenticators is the plural of authenticator.

Meaning of authenticator

Noun

authenticator (plural authenticators)

  1. (agent) One who, or something which, authenticates, as
    • I did secure a position as a technical advisor and script authenticator on my HBO series, despite the fact that producers didn't think I was qualified for any position.2004, N. Kathryn Howard, The Stripper Diaries: A Novel about Passion, page 217
  2. (agent) An app that uses applied cryptography to prove someone's identity to a network connection.
  3. (agent) A feature that shows something to be authentic.
  4. (agent) A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.

Questions about authenticators

What is authenticators the plural of?
Authenticators is the plural of authenticator.

Words near authenticators in the dictionary

  1. authenticating
  2. authentication
  3. authentications
  4. authenticative
  5. authenticator
  6. authenticators
  7. authenticism
  8. authenticisms
  9. authenticist
  10. authenticists
  11. authenticities

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