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  2. Personal identification number - Wikipedia

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    Personal identification number. A personal identification number (PIN), PIN code, or sometimes redundantly a PIN number, is a numeric (sometimes alpha-numeric) passcode used in the process of authenticating a user accessing a system. The PIN has been the key to facilitating the private data exchange between different data-processing centers in ...

  3. What’s a Personal Identification Number (PIN) - AOL

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    What Is a Personal Identification Number? A PIN is a short series of numerals that a card or account holder must use to authenticate their identity in a digital transaction. This numeric code ...

  4. Postal Index Number - Wikipedia

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    The third digit of a PIN, combined with the first two digits, represents a specific geographical region (except in the case of the functional zone for the Army) called a sorting district that is headquartered at the main post office of the largest city in the region and is known as the sorting office. A state may have one or more sorting ...

  5. PIN pad - Wikipedia

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    PIN pad (Brazil) used for secure payment. A PIN pad or PIN entry device is an electronic device used in a debit, credit or smart card -based transaction to accept and encrypt the cardholder's personal identification number (PIN). PIN pads are normally used with payment terminals, automated teller machines or integrated point of sale devices in ...

  6. Pen register - Wikipedia

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    A device which records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers called or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which such device is dedicated. A pen register is similar to a trap and trace device. A trap and trace device would show what numbers had called a specific telephone, i.e., all incoming phone numbers.

  7. Registered jack - Wikipedia

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    Four-position, four-contact (4P4C) plug, used for connecting a telephone handset and base. Six-position, six-contact (6P6C) jack, which could be wired as RJ11, RJ14, or RJ25. A registered jack (RJ) is a standardized telecommunication network interface for connecting voice and data equipment to a computer service provided by a local exchange ...

  8. Personal identifier - Wikipedia

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    PIIs include direct identifiers (name, social security number) and indirect identifiers (race, ethnicity, age). [2] Identifiers can be sensitive and non-sensitive, depending on whether it is a direct identifier that is uniquely associated with a person or a quasi-identifier that is not unique. A quasi-identifier cannot pin down an individual ...

  9. Wi-Fi Protected Setup - Wikipedia

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    The WPS push button (center, blue) on a wireless router showing the symbol defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance for this function. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) originally, Wi-Fi Simple Config, is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network. Created by Cisco and introduced in 2006, the purpose of the protocol is to allow home ...