Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A secret word or phrase that one uses to gain admittance or access to information.
- n. Computer Science A sequence of characters that one must input to gain access to a file, application, or computer system. Also called passkey.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A secret parole or countersign by which a friend may be distinguished from a stranger, and allowed to pass.
Wiktionary
- n. A secret word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
- n. A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.
- v. To protect with a password.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
Examples
“Enter the correct password in the _password_ field.”
“GetFormsCredentials userName = _userName password = _password authority = _domain”
“I could read and delete them. username = "mlxxx@vabb. upn"; password = "xyzpdq"; sleep 2 echo USER $username sleep 1 echo PASS $password sleep 2 echo STAT sleep 1 echo QUIT”
“Download the source code, open twitter_status. php, change $username and $password with your Twitter username and password and upload the file in your test server.”
“· Changing to service mode and entering the password_ you will get a pop-up with the password as the title.”
“AS declare @err0 int update WL_user set password = @password where UserName = @userName set @err0 = @@error select @err0 as err0”
“InputBox, password, Enter Password, (Leave this field blank if you don´t set a password), hide runwait, "\% A_ScriptDir\%\exe2ahk. exe", \% 1\% \% password\%”
“username = $username, password = $password, my $friends_list = $nt-friends;”
“$q = "UPDATE tbl_users SET username = $username, password = $password WHERE user_ID = $user_ID"; mysql_query ($q, $connection) or die (mysql_error ()); now i am getting the error Unknown column 'gaby' in 'field list'.”
“\password psql will prompt you for a password and then prompt you to reenter it (remember this password, because you will need it later).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘password’.
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webdev
random webdev lingo / common words used in computer programming.
( randomness, words )ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 392 more...
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everything
everythin?
a, i, aardvark, abdominals, any, anti-, ash, actuall, actually, add, abs, ass and 43 more...
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a beginners' list
a beginner's list should be about novices and all those that start on new journeys
noob, beginner, new, left foot, threshold, dawn, start, go, adventurer, undeterred, brave, foolish and 61 more...
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Technology
forum, profile, identify, register, user, community, sign in, text, address, inbox, key, screen and 53 more...
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esotericisms
words that make me warm inside
kinemacolour, sardonic, entente, saturnine, ens, ensanguine, causa sui, entelechy, epicheirema, ex post facto, peccadillo, illation and 27 more...
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Cryptography, etc.
Codes, ciphers, and other words related to secret ways of communicating. See also Keeping Secrets, a list by oroboros.
cryptography, steganography, code, cipher, substitution cipher, secret code, decoder ring, encryption, code word, code name, password, atbash and 31 more...
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