Definition of auth in English:
auth
noun
informal ComputingThe process or action of verifying the identity of a user or process; authentication.
- ‘they may choose to operate without online auth’
- ‘we will set an auth cookie, which will log in the user’
- ‘Generate an auth token to use for authentication instead of an API key.’
- ‘This provides an easy system for adding auth to your menu.’
- ‘We're going to change the way we handle the clearing of auth cookies.’
- ‘Note that we have auth disabled for demo purposes.’
- ‘Get the auth code from your email.’
- ‘The whole point of having biometric auth is to save us from typing in a massively complex password every time we need to get an app.’
- ‘Without the auth code, even someone with your account details won't be able to log in.’
- ‘The plan is to use a user auth system so users can easily contact each other.’
- ‘This is making my security senses tingle because if you have the code for the auth system you could it break down easily.’
- ‘Fingerprint auth is way safer than a bank card.’
Pronunciation
Origin
1980s abbreviation of authentication.
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