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What Is a Passphrase?

Saturday May 21, 2005
| Definition | A passphrase is one or a few small words chosen for use as a security setting. In computer networking, the passphrase represents a long password. In Wi-Fi home networking, the passphrase may be used to generate static WEP keys.
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