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password
string of characters used to authenticate an identity or to verify access authorisation. EXAMPLE Letters, numbers, and other symbols.
source: ISO19790, 2006
A unique sequence of characters that a user types as an authentication code to gain access to computers and/or sensitive files.
source: D. Schweitzer, 2003, Incident Response: Computer Forensics Toolkit
Password/Passphrase, A string of characters that serve as an authenticator of the user.
source: PCI DSS, 2008
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