| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp., MS | distributed password authentication | 配布パスワード認証 (An advanced, distributed method of user authentication from Microsoft, allowing for single user log-on) |
| comp., MS | password authentication | パスワード認証 (The process of verifying the identity of a user, computer, process, or other entity using a combination of a user name and a password as a credential) |
| comp., MS | Password Authentication Protocol | パスワード認証プロトコル (A method for verifying the identity of a user attempting to log on to a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) server) |
| comp., MS | secure password authentication | セキュリティで保護されたパスワード認証 (A feature that allows a server to confirm the identity of the person logging on) |
| comp., MS | Shiva Password Authentication Protocol | Shiva パスワード認証プロトコル (A two-way, reversible encryption mechanism for authenticating PPP connections employed by Shiva remote access servers) |