A password is a password.
Password is a word that is not part of the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) . The term, however, is very popular in our language , although it can be replaced by password or key , notions that are accepted by the RAE .
A password is a combination of letters and/or numbers that gives those who know it the possibility of accessing a resource. The password serves as protection and as a security mechanism: those people who do not know the password cannot access the resource in question.
Examples of using a password
Suppose a man wants to withdraw money from an ATM . To do this, you must enter a card into the machine and mention your password. Only if your entry is correct (that is, if it matches the sequence of characters you registered in the system ), you will be able to withdraw the money. No person who does not know the password will be able to access this individual's bank account and thus withdraw money, unless they commit a crime and violate security.
Passwords also protect email accounts and other Internet services (such as Facebook , Twitter , etc.). The user, when registering, chooses a password that only he or she should know. This way, no one will be able to use your email or your profile on social networks without your consent.
For a user to access their profile on a social network, they must enter their password.
Safety tips
Nowadays, it is very common for account creation forms to recommend that users choose passwords that are difficult for others to deduce (for example, it is discouraged to construct them with data such as date of birth, first name or part of your username). In some cases, this becomes a requirement, so certain rules are established to consider a security key valid; The most normal thing is that they are asked to include at least one capital letter and a number, and that their length is not less than a certain number of characters.
In the case of Wi-Fi networks, for example, it is advisable to use a password in combination with the strongest possible security standard , especially if the router is located in a building with a high density of neighbors, a short distance away from of others. The security standards are WEP, WPA and WPA2, in combination with TKIP or AES encryption, ordered from oldest and most vulnerable to most modern and effective.
Since the password for a router is something that most users should not use very often, the ideal is to create a string of characters that is very difficult to remember and has no relation to our personal data , and write it down on a sheet of paper. ; The effort of copying it every time it is used is better than the risk of a neighbor taking advantage of our connection without permission for having chosen a password that is too simple and a poor security standard, such as WEP.
The use of passwords is very old, although their characteristics have changed over time . Previously, the guards controlling access to a certain place only allowed those who knew a code word to pass. Currently, a password is usually a combination of letters and numbers that is encrypted in computer systems so as not to be compromised.
The password or the password
It should be noted that the term should be considered a feminine noun , given that a literal translation of it could be "word of passage" or "word to pass" (the two words that make it up are "word" and " step " ).
However, assigning the wrong gender to a term of foreign origin occurs more frequently than it should, as do pronunciation errors and misinterpretations of its meanings.