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Webster 1828 Edition

Authentication

AUTHENTICA'TION

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Noun.

The act of authenticating; the giving of authority by the necessary formalities.

Definition 2025

authentication

authentication

English

Noun

authentication ‎(plural authentications)

something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
(computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork

Translations

proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network

Catalan: autenticació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 認證 (zh), 认证 (zh) ‎(rènzhèng)
Czech: autentizace f
Dutch: authenticatie (nl)
Estonian: tõendus
Finnish: tunniste
French: authentification (fr)
German: Authentifikation (de)
Greek: αυθεντικοποίηση (el) f ‎(afthentikopoíisi), πιστοποίηση (el) f ‎(pistopoíisi)

Japanese: 認証 (ja) ‎(にんしょう, ninshō)
Korean: 인증 (ko) ‎(in-jeung)
Persian: اصالت‌سنجی ‎(esâlatsanji)
Polish: uwierzytelnianie n
Portuguese: autenticação f
Romanian: autentificare (ro) f
Russian: идентифика́ция (ru) f ‎(identifikácija), аутентифика́ция (ru) f ‎(autentifikácija)
Turkish: kimlik doğrulama (tr), kimlik kanıtlama, tevsik (tr)