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au·then·ti·cate

(ô-thĕn′tĭ-kāt′)

tr.v. au·then·ti·cat·ed, au·then·ti·cat·ing, au·then·ti·cates

To establish the authenticity of; prove genuine: a specialist who authenticated the antique samovar. See Synonyms at confirm.

au·then′ti·ca′tion n.

au·then′ti·ca′tor n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

authentication

1. A security measure designed to protect a communications system against acceptance of a fraudulent transmission or simulation by establishing the validity of a transmission, message, or originator.
2. A means of identifying individuals and verifying their eligibility to receive specific categories of information.
3. Evidence by proper signature or seal that a document is genuine and official.
4. In evasion and recovery operations, the process whereby the identity of an evader is confirmed. See also evader; evasion; evasion and recovery; recovery operations; security.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	authentication - a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity assay-mark, hallmark marking, mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
	2.	authentication - validating the authenticity of something or someone certification validation, substantiation, proof - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

authentication

noun

That which confirms:

attestation, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, verification, warrant.

Translations

Authentifizierung

αυθεντικοποίηση

authentification

autentica documentazione legalizzazione

authentication

[ɔːˌθentɪˈkeɪʃn] N → autentificación f, autenticación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

authentication

[ɔːˌθɛntɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n → authentification f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

authentication

n → Bestätigung f, → Authentifizierung f (geh); (of signature, document) → Beglaubigung f; (of manuscript, work of art) → Echtheitserklärung f

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In London that night poor Henderson's telegram describing the gradual unscrewing of the shot was judged to be a canard, and his evening paper, after wiring for authentication from him and receiving no reply--the man was killed--decided not to print a special edition.

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[5] U M Maurer, "Authentication theory and hypothesis testing," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.

AKA-PLA: Enhanced AKA based on physical layer authentication

Nok Nok Labs reported on Thursday the launch of a formal biometric authentication partnership to accelerate the FIDO Authentication in Japan through Fujitsu.

Nok Nok Labs signs formal biometric authentication partnership with Fujitsu in Japan

Singaporean sensor technology firm RAM Group stated on Wednesday that it has achieved world's first full-body biometric authentication based on a novel quantum-state sensor that exploits quantum mechanical properties.

Ram Group announces breakthrough in creating world's first full-body biometric authentication technology

Many holographic products, whilst containing numerous overt features to enable public authentication, also contain covert and forensic features that can be viewed, for example, using a microscope, loop magnifiers, special films or other devices etc.

DNP enables authentication using a smartphone

Sentegrity, the leader in risk-based behavioral authentication, has partnered with BlackBerry to provide trusted authentication for applications on the BlackBerry Dynamics platform, the company said.

Sentegrity delivers risk-based authentication to BlackBerry dynamics

The Out-of-band (OOB) Authentication system is used to provide extra protection against unauthorized access and confirmations, and prevents hacking and fraud.

Out-of-Band Authentication Market Demand To Rising Owing to Applications in Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Sector

Klarna, a global payments provider, has said that it has launched a global customers authentication platform.

Klarna launches global customer authentication platform

Now, by adopting Fujitsu's Online Biometric Authentication Service for authentication when maintenance workers login to the system from work PCs and smartphones, the convenience of personal identification has increased, strengthening security and improving operational efficiency.

Fujitsu Offers Online Biometric Authentication Service for TEPCO Systems

Two-way authentication is used to provide additional security for someone's account.

Facebook's two-factor authentication no longer needs user's phone number

Numerous authentication protocols have been proposed to overcome the security drawbacks in NFC mobile payment applications [25, 26, 27, 28, 29].