"two-factor authentication" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} two-factor authentication (uncountable)
  1. (computer security) An identity and access management security method in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves: first the user's password and then a (randomly generated and frequently changing) code generated by an app. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computer security Synonyms: 2FA Translations (security method): double authentification [feminine] (French), A2F [feminine] (French), verificación en dos pasos [feminine] (Spanish), autenticación de dos factores [feminine] (Spanish), tvåfaktorsautentisering [common-gender] (Swedish), iki aşamalı doğrulama (Turkish), iki adımlı doğrulama (Turkish)

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