Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

password salting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: pass-word salt-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique employed to protect passwords stored in a database by attaching a string of 32 or more characters and then hashing them.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

password saltings (plural)

Questions

What does password salting mean?: A technique employed to protect passwords stored in a database by attaching a string of 32 or more characters and then hashing them.

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