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identity provider

identity provider noun: a system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to relying applications within a federation or distributed network.

Noun

identity provider (plural identity providers)

  1. A system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to relying applications within a federation or distributed network.

Forms of identity provider

pluralidentity providers

Questions about identity provider

What does identity provider mean?
Identity provider means a system entity that creates, maintains, and manages identity information for principals and also provides authentication services to relying applications within a federation or distributed network.
What part of speech is identity provider?
Identity provider is a noun.
What is the plural of identity provider?
The plural of identity provider is identity providers.

Words near identity provider in the dictionary

  1. identity politician
  2. identity politicians
  3. identity politics
  4. identity properties
  5. identity property
  6. identity provider
  7. identity providers
  8. identity restoration
  9. identity theft
  10. identity thefts
  11. identityless

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