different between password vs pincode

English

Etymology

pass +? word

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæsw???d/
• (Southern England) IPA^(key): /?p??sw??(?)d/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?pæsw??d/
• Hyphenation: pass?word

Noun

password (plural passwords)

1. A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
2. (computing) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.

Synonyms

• (word used to gain admittance): watchword
• passcode
• (abbreviation): pw, pwd, pword, pass

Derived terms

• (computing): password salting, what is the Wi-Fi password

Translations

See also

• passphrase

Verb

password (third-person singular simple present passwords, present participle passwording, simple past and past participle passworded)

1. (computing, transitive) To protect with a password.

See also

• login
• passphrase
• PIN

Danish

Etymology

First attested in 1983, borrowed from English password.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p???s?wœ?d?]

Noun

password n (singular definite passwordet, plural indefinite password or passwords)

1. (computing) password

Inflection

Synonyms

• adgangskode, kodeord

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English password.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.zword/, (high-style) /?pa.zwørd/

Noun

password f (invariable)

1. (computing) password

   Synonym: parola d'ordine

Portuguese

Etymology

English password

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?pasw??d(?)/

Noun

password f (plural passwords)

1. (computing) password (secret string of characters used to access a system)

   Synonym: senha

Further reading

• “password” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.

Spanish

Noun

password m (plural passwords)

1. password

English

Noun

pincode (plural pincodes)

1. (India) Postal Index Number

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of pin (“personal identification number”) +? code (“code”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?ko?.d?/
• Hyphenation: pin?co?de

Noun

pincode m (plural pincodes, diminutive pincodetje n)

1. personal identification number

Synonyms

• pin