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self-signed

self-signed adjective: of a security certificate: signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies; signed with its own private key.

Adjective

self-signed (not comparable)

  1. Of a security certificate: signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies; signed with its own private key.

Origin of self-signed

From self- + signed.

Questions about self-signed

What does self-signed mean?
Self-signed means of a security certificate: signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies; signed with its own private key.
What part of speech is self-signed?
Self-signed is an adjective.

Words near self-signed in the dictionary

  1. self-serving
  2. self-servingly
  3. self-servingness
  4. self-set
  5. self-sexing
  6. self-signed
  7. self-signing
  8. self-similar
  9. self-similarities
  10. self-similarity
  11. self-slain

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