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| **Authentication** is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it declares itself to be. Authentication technology provides [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:accesscontrol|access control]] for systems by checking to see if a user's credentials match the credentials in a database of authorized users or in a data authentication [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server|server]]. | **Authentication** is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it declares itself to be. Authentication technology provides [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:accesscontrol|access control]] for systems by checking to see if a user's credentials match the credentials in a database of authorized users or in a data authentication [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server|server]]. | ||