password.
A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From pass + word. The sentry-passing sense predates the cryptographic sense and was its inspiration.
To protect with a password.
Where this word comes from
From pass + word. The sentry-passing sense predates the cryptographic sense and was its inspiration.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.