passwording
USPAS-wurd-ing/ˈpæswɝdɪŋ/UKPAHS-wur-ding/ˈpɑːswɜːdɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of password.
The IT team spent the afternoon passwording the new servers.
Passwording sensitive folders has become standard practice in the office.
Note
The -ing form does double duty. As a participle it follows a form of be and takes a direct object, because the verb is transitive: they were passwording the servers. As a gerund it names the activity itself and can stand as a subject: passwording sensitive folders is routine. Either way, the object is the thing protected, such as a file, a folder or a network.
passwording is a form of password
password, verb: To protect a file, device, or account by requiring a password before access is allowed. Full entry
- Forms
- passwordpasswords he/she/itpasswording -ing formpassworded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- password → passwording: add -ing
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