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passback

passback noun: the circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered.

Noun

passback (uncountable)

  1. The circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered.
    • Because each card reader is programmed for either entrance or exit, users must pass in and out before being allowed to reenter, thus eliminating passback.1988, Security Management, volume 32, numbers 1-6, page 107
    • Modern electronic access systems have many features to enhance the level of access control to a facility, area, or room. Turnstiles, interlocking mantraps, and parkade gates are combined with access readers to prevent passback […]2003, IFPO, The Protection Officer Training Manual, page 99

Origin of passback

Deverbal from pass back.

Words formed from passback

Questions about passback

What does passback mean?
Passback means the circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered.
What part of speech is passback?
Passback is a noun.

Words near passback in the dictionary

  1. passata
  2. passatas
  3. Passau
  4. passaunt
  5. Passavant
  6. passback
  7. passband
  8. passbands
  9. passbook
  10. passbooks
  11. passby

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