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Definition of Authentication
1. Noun. A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
Generic synonyms: Mark, Marker, Marking
Derivative terms: Authenticate
2. Noun. Validating the authenticity of something or someone.
Generic synonyms: Proof, Substantiation, Validation
Derivative terms: Authenticate, Certify, Certify, Certify
Definition of Authentication
1. Noun. something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something ¹
2. Noun. (computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network ¹
3. Noun. a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Authentication
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Authentication
Literary usage of Authentication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"Use of a symmetric cipher for message authentication can only protect against
third parties and not against fraud by either the sender or receiver (both of ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"A defective authentication may be corrected by amendment, ... In some states the
requirements as to authentication are construed to be directory merely, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Judgments: Including the Doctrine of Res Judicata by Henry Campbell Black (1902)
"authentication of Record. The act of congress provides, "That the records and
judicial proceedings of the courts of any state shall be proved or admitted in ..."
4. Trusted Network Interpretation of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation (1994)
"authentication • Functionality The network should ensure that a data exchange is
established with the addressed peer entity (and not with an entity ..."
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