Re: [OT] Is "Authentification" a Real Word?

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 04/26/02 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:25:57 GMT

In article <2743d22e.0204260636.2fcc1c2e@posting.google.com>,
totengraber666@yahoo.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Totengr=E4ber?=) wrote:
>I have some people that I work with who insist in using the term
>"authentification" when referring to any kind of user/password
>exchange. Every time I hear them use this term, my mind freaks out
>with the sudden urge to correct them. Personally, I've never heard of
>this "word" and I'm pretty sure they mean to say "authentication". I
>mean, who has ever heard the word "authentificate" as opposed to
>"authenticate"? If someone could tell me if this is a real word and
>its definition, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Sure it's a real word, deriving from the Latin roots "authenticus" and "faex".
 Specifically, "authentification" is the determination that something is "the
real ***".

Alun.
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