pass-word

Noun

password (plural passwords)

1. (security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
   • Only if a would-be visitor knew the password du jour could he pass; the guards allowed no exceptions.
2. A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
   • A strong password has a mixture of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and punctuation marks.

   Synonyms:

   watchword, underword, word

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