Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of authenticating, verifying, or establishing the authoritativeness, genuineness, validity, credibility, or truth of anything; specifically, in law, the official attestation of a written instrument.
Wiktionary
- n. something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- n. proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- n. a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
- n. validating the authenticity of something or someone.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
- n. validating the authenticity of something or someone
Examples
“PCGS is the world's largest rare coin authentication company and a division of Collectors Universe, Inc.”
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against “Coin Doctors” by Collectors Universe / PCGS : Coin Collecting News
“In addition, there are reliable rare coin authentication companies whose certified coins are guaranteed for authenticity.”
Millions Lost From Coin Fakes, Hobby Leaders Warn : Coin Collecting News
“Re-authentication is required if the game is re-installed on a previously authorized machine for any reason.”
EA Allows 3 "Activations" Of Mass Effect And That's It? Period? - The Consumerist
“Online authentication is more flexible and for Mass Effect, game authentication is needed only at the initial launch of the game on a particular machine.”
EA Allows 3 "Activations" Of Mass Effect And That's It? Period? - The Consumerist
“People want one final point where all their authentication is finalized.”
Responding to criticisms about OpenID: convenience, security and personal agency | FactoryCity
“Witty told me Bank of America decided to go the next step and embrace full, two-factor authentication (albeit on a voluntary basis) because "defeating strong, but not two-factor authentication, is getting easier and easier" for the bad guys.”
“Key-based authentication is important for me, and they do it well -- with a well-organized UI to boot.”
iPhone SSH review: iSSH v. pTerm v. TouchTerm v. SSH : #comments
“We have authentication from the cars maker, Jay Ohrberg, the renowned Hollywood car customiser, that proves what we have here is the one and only, truly original car used in the cartoon.”
“The ability to jump between disparate web apps and share information between apps without the headaches of authentication is one of the main things missing from the Web 2.0 experience and again Microsoft will see itself as the company, which given its experience, can provide such an environment for both developers and users.”
“One of the stronger components of (weak) mail ballot authentication is the association of a voter with a physical address where they can receive mail.”
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