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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Â© A Dictionary of the Internet 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

password A series of characters typed into a computer in order to gain access to the network. It is important not to use any words such as your name for a password, as an intruder would be able to guess it. There is a wide variety of software available for password processing, including software for managing a database of passwords, software enabling someone to retrieve a forgotten password if they know roughly what it is, and software which provides a password which is easy to memorize but difficult to guess.

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