| Subject | English | German |
| commun., IT | administrator password | Paßwort des Verwalters |
| busin., IT | application password | Anwendungskennwort |
| comp., MS | call barring password | Kennwort für die Anrufsperre (A password that enables access to the Call Barring feature settings) |
| IT | change password | Paßwortwechsel |
| comp., MS | clear-text password | Klartextkennwörter (A password that is not scrambled, thus making it more susceptible to network sniffers) |
| comp., MS | device password | Gerätekennwort (A passcode that a user enters on a mobile device that supports the Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The device password unlocks the device and allows access to the data stored on the device) |
| comp., MS | distributed password authentication | verteilte Kennwortauthentifizierung (An advanced, distributed method of user authentication from Microsoft, allowing for single user log-on) |
| IT, dat.proc. | hierarchic password | hierarchisches Paßwort |
| IT, dat.proc. | hierarchical password | hierarchisches Paßwort |
| comp., MS | homegroup password | Heimnetzgruppen-Kennwort (A password that helps prevent unauthorized access to homegroup files and printers) |
| IT, dat.proc. | modification password | Änderungspaßwort |
| comp., MS | network password | Netzwerkkennwort (A password that you use to log on to a network. You can make this the same as your Windows password, so you have only one password to remember) |
| IT | once-only password | nur einmal verwendbares Kennwort |
| IT | one-time password | nur einmal verwendbares Kennwort |
| commun., IT | one-time password | Einmal-Password |
| comp., MS | one-time password | Einmalkennwort (Passwords produced by special password generating software or by a hardware token and that can be used only once) |
| gen. | one-time-password OTP | Einmal-Passwort |
| comp., MS | owner password | Besitzerkennwort (A password that the user sets when the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is enabled. An owner password is required to turn the TPM on or off, and to use certain TPM functions) |
| IT, dat.proc. | password access | gefilterter Zugriff |
| tech. | password administration | Kennwortverwaltung |
| comp., MS | password administrator | Kennwortadministrator (A Microsoft Online Services administrator who resets passwords, manages support tickets, and monitors services health) |
| busin., IT | password algorithm | Passwortalgorithmus |
| busin., IT | password algorithm | Passwort-Algorithmus |
| tech. | password assignment | Paßwortvergabe |
| tech. | password assignment | Kennwortvergabe |
| comp., MS | password authentication | Kennwortauthentifizierung (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) |
| IT | password authentication scheme | Kennwortmethode der Authentifizierung |
| IT | password check | Passwortüberprüfung |
| gen. | password check | Passwortprüfung |
| IT | password dialog | Quittungs-Austausch |
| IT | password dialog | Einschreibdialog durch "Händeschütteln" |
| IT | password dialog | Identifizierungs-und Authentifizierungsdialog |
| IT | password dialog | Einschreibdialog |
| IT | password dialog | Kennwortdialog |
| IT | password dialog | Verständigungsverkehr |
| IT | password dialog | Einschreiben per Dialog |
| IT | password dialogue | Quittungs-Austausch |
| IT | password dialogue | Identifizierungs-und Authentifizierungsdialog |
| IT | password dialogue | Verständigungsverkehr |
| IT | password dialogue | Einschreibdialog |
| IT | password dialogue | Kennwortdialog |
| IT | password dialogue | Einschreiben per Dialog |
| IT | password dialogue | Einschreibdialog durch "Händeschütteln" |
| tech. | password encryption | Paßwortverschlüsselung |
| tech. | password encryption | Kennwortverschlüsselung |
| tech. | password holder | Kennwortbesitzer |
| commun., IT | password management | Paßwortverwaltung |
| IT | password mining | Passwortsuche |
| comp., MS | password policy | Kennwortrichtlinie (A collection of policy settings that define the password requirements for a Group Policy object (GPO)) |
| comp., MS | Password Policy option | Kennwortrichtlinien (The option on the Organizations page that sets parameters for passwords) |
| comp., MS | password propagation | Kennwortpropagierung (A process that coordinates each user's password changes across multiple computers, devices, folders, or networks in password synchronization) |
| tech. | password protected | paßwortgeschützt |
| tech. | password protected | paßwortgesichert |
| tech. | password protected | kennwortgeschützt |
| gen. | password protection | Passwortschutz |
| tech. | password protection | Paßwortschutz |
| tech. | password protection | Kennwortschutz |
| IT, dat.proc. | password protection | Schutz mit Paßwort |
| comp., MS | password provider | Kennwortanbieter (A one-time-password generation and validation component for user authentication) |
| comp., MS | Password Replication Policy | Kennwortreplikationsrichtlinie (A set of access control lists (ACLs) that determine what credentials can or cannot be replicated on a read-only domain controller (RODC). Each RODC has a unique Password Replication Policy (PRP) that is enforced by the writable domain controller that is its replication partner) |
| tech. | password request | Paßwortabfrage |
| comp., MS | password reset | Kennwortzurücksetzung (A procedure by which a user's password can be changed to a known value, in situations where the user has forgotten or lost their password) |
| comp., MS | password reset | Zurücksetzen des Kennworts (The act of setting a password to a new value) |
| comp. | password security | Kennwortschutz |
| comp. | password security | Passwortschutz |
| comp., MS | Password Settings Container | Kennworteinstellungscontainer (An object class in the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) schema that is created by default under the System container in the domain. The Password Settings Container stores Password Settings objects (PSOs) for that domain) |
| comp., MS | Password Settings object | Kennworteinstellungsobjekt (An Active Directory object that is stored in the Password Settings Container. The Password Settings object holds the attributes of a certain fine-grained password policy) |
| tech. | password specification | Paßwortangabe |
| comp., MS | password stealer | Kennwortdiebstahl-Trojaner (A type of Trojan that captures or transmits passwords to an attacker) |
| comp., MS | password synchronization | Kennwortsynchronisierung (A service that replicates users' passwords between multiple computers, devices, folders, or networks, resulting in users having the same password in each environment) |
| tech. | password table | Kennwortliste |
| commun. | password technique | Passwortverfahren |
| tech. | password technique | Kennwortverfahren |
| tech. | password validation | Paßwortgültigkeitsprüfung |
| busin., IT | personal password | persönliches Passwort |
| comp., MS | picture password | Bildcode (A picture-based sign-in method that authenticates a user by checking gestures made on a picture of the user's own choosing) |
| comp., MS | RADIUS One-Time Password | RADIUS-Einmalkennwort (An authentication method that supports the authentication to RADIUS server using passwords that change, based on time or on an authentication request counter) |
| comp., MS | random password setting | Einstellung für zufällige Kennwörter (A setting that determines the number of characters required to set a password in the connected directory) |
| IT, dat.proc. | read password | Lesepaßwort |
| busin., IT | read password | Kennwort für Lesen |
| comp., MS | recovery password | Wiederherstellungskennwort (For BitLocker Drive Encryption, a numerical password that consists of 48 digits divided into 8 groups. Each group of 6 digits is reduced to modulo 11 (a numerical calculation) before being compressed into corresponding 16 bits of passphrase data. A copy of the passphrase data is stored on disk encrypted by the volume master key and thus an administrator can retrieve the recovery password after Windows has loaded. The recovery password must be entered by using the function keys on the keyboard) |
| comp., MS | recovery password file | Wiederherstellungskennwortdatei (A BitLocker Drive Encryption file that uses the naming convention: .bek (including the BitLocker .fve file extension), which contains the recovery key that is required to unseal the volume during recovery) |
| comp., MS | sender password | Anbieter-PIN (A password given by the service provider to the user) |
| commun. | supervisor password | Überwacherkennung (exch. data base access) |
| IT | time-dependent password | zeitabhängiges Kennwort |
| commun., IT | user password | Benutzer-Password |
| comp., MS | user password | Benutzerkennwort (The password stored in each user's account. Each user generally has a unique user password and must type that password when logging on or accessing a server) |
| gen. | user password | Benutzerpasswort |
| gen. | user passwords | Benutzerpasswörter |
| comp., MS | username (The name by which a user is identified to a computer system or network. During the logon process, the user must enter the username and the correct password. If the system or network is connected to the Internet, the username generally corresponds to the leftmost part of the user's e-mail address (the portion preceding the | Benutzername |
| gen. | users' passwords | Benutzerpasswörter |
| comp., MS | Windows password | Windows-Kennwort (A password you use to log on to Windows. You can also change your settings so that you can log on to Windows without a password) |