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| **User Authentication** verifies the identity of a user attempting to gain access to a network or computing resource by authorizing a human-to-machine transfer of credentials during interactions on a network to confirm a user's authenticity. The term contrasts with [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:machine_authentication]], which is an automated authentication method that does not require user input. | **User Authentication** verifies the identity of a user attempting to gain access to a network or computing resource by authorizing a human-to-machine transfer of credentials during interactions on a network to confirm a user's authenticity. The term contrasts with [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:machine_authentication]], which is an automated authentication method that does not require user input. | ||