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Authentication

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The process of verifying the identity or other attributes claimed by or assumed of an entity (user, process, or device), or to verify the source and integrity of data.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Authentications
possessive
Authentication's
pluralpossessive
Authentications'