# Passwords

## Definition and Context

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**Password**

1. Word used to gain access to certain information or to a certain location.
2. (Computer science) Alphanumeric code or phrase, means of authentication, which must be given to access a protected place or to use a resource or service to which access is limited and protected.

**Definition**: The French Language
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A password is a word, phrase, or string of characters intended to differentiate an authorized user or process (for the purpose of allowing access) from an unauthorized user. In other words, a password is used to prove a person's identity or to authorize access to a resource.

History has shown the usefulness of passwords over time but it has also demonstrated the impact of passwords being broken/discovered and also that the evolution of technologies makes it easier to access passwords. which in the past were judged as "solid".


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