two-factor authentication

English

Noun

two-factor authentication (uncountable)

(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.
Synonym: 2FA

Translations

security method

French: double authentification (fr) f, A2F (fr) f
Spanish: verificación en dos pasos f, autenticación de dos factores f
Swedish: tvåfaktorsautentisering c
Turkish: iki aşamalı doğrulama, iki adımlı doğrulama

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