| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | distributed password authentication | verteilte Kennwortauthentifizierung (An advanced, distributed method of user authentication from Microsoft, allowing for single user log-on) |
| 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 |