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  2. Basic access authentication - Wikipedia

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    In the context of an HTTP transaction, basic access authentication is a method for an HTTP user agent (e.g. a web browser) to provide a user name and password when making a request. In basic HTTP authentication, a request contains a header field in the form of Authorization: Basic <credentials>, where <credentials> is the Base64 encoding of ID ...

  3. HTML - Wikipedia

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    The text between < html > and </ html > describes the web page, and the text between < body > and </ body > is the visible page content. The markup text < title > This is a title </ title > defines the browser page title shown on browser tabs and window titles and the tag < div > defines a division of the page used for easy styling.

  4. Social login - Wikipedia

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    Social login. Social login is a form of single sign-on using existing information from a social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter or Google, to login to a third party website instead of creating a new login account specifically for that website. It is designed to simplify logins for end users as well as provide more reliable ...

  5. HTML form - Wikipedia

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    This HTML element specifies the communication endpoint the data entered into the form should be submitted to, and the method of submitting the data, GET or POST. Elements. Forms can be made up of standard graphical user interface elements: <text> — a simple text box that allows input of a single line of text.

  6. HTTPS - Wikipedia

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    e. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure ( HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It uses encryption for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet. [1] [2] In HTTPS, the communication protocol is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or, formerly, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

  7. Common Gateway Interface - Wikipedia

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    Common Gateway Interface. In computing, Common Gateway Interface ( CGI) is an interface specification that enables web servers to execute an external program to process HTTP or HTTPS user requests. [1] Such programs are often written in a scripting language and are commonly referred to as CGI scripts, but they may include compiled programs. [2]

  8. WebAuthn - Wikipedia

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    For example, a fingerprint is used to provide convenient access to your smartphone but occasionally fingerprint access fails, in which case a PIN can be used. Advantages over traditional password-based authentication. WebAuthn addresses by design many inherent issues in traditional password-based authentication:

  9. POST (HTTP) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In computing, POST is a request method supported by HTTP used by the World Wide Web . By design, the POST request method requests that a web server accepts the data enclosed in the body of the request message, most likely for storing it. [1] It is often used when uploading a file or when submitting a completed web form .