two-factor authentication

English

Noun

two-factor authentication (uncountable)

1. (computer security) An identity and access management security method in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves: first the user's password and then a (randomly generated and frequently changing) code generated by an app.

   Synonym: 2FA

Translations

security method

• French: double authentification (fr) f, A2F (fr) f
• Spanish: verificación en dos pasos f, autenticación de dos factores f
• Swedish: tvåfaktorsautentisering c
• Turkish: iki aşamalı doğrulama, iki adımlı doğrulama