authentication

Summary

authentication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• authentication is a type of security control^[2].
• authentication is a type of verification^[3].
• authentication is part of Q472302^[4].
• authentication is used for authenticity^[5].
• authentication's Commons category is recorded as Authentication^[6].
• authentication's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Authentication^[7].
• authentication's facet of is recorded as security^[8].
• authentication's topic has template is recorded as Template:Authentication^[9].
• authentication's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/authentication^[10].
• authentication's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'αὐθεντικός'}^[11].
• authentication's different from is recorded as authorization^[12].
• authentication's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10002992^[13].
• authentication's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include security control^[2] and verification^[3].

Use and Application

authentication is used for authenticity^[5]. authentication is part of Q472302^[4].

Why It Matters

authentication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).^[1] authentication has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] authentication is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]