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Also known as pwd, p, passcode, passphrase
thumb|A password field in a sign-in form A password, sometimes called a passcode, is secret data, typically a string of characters, usually used to confirm a user's identity. Traditionally, passwords were expected to be memorized, but the large number of password-protected services that a typical individual accesses can make memorization of unique passwords for each service impractical. Using the terminology of the NIST Digital Identity Guidelines, the secret is held by a party called the claimant while the party verifying the identity of the claimant is called the verifier. When the claimant
A password is a secret string of characters that you enter to prove who you are when logging into accounts and services. Passwords matter because they protect your personal information by ensuring that only you can access your accounts, though managing many different passwords across different services has become a practical challenge for most people.
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Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).