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Definitions of pam word

abbreviation Technical meaning of PAM Pluggable Authentication Module 3
noun pam a female given name, form of Pamela. 1
noun Technical meaning of pam (security) (PAM) The new industry standard integrated login framework. PAM is used by system entry components, such as the Common Desktop Environment's dtlogin, to authenticate users logging into a Unix system. It provides pluggability for a variety of system-entry services. PAM's ability to stack authentication modules can be used to integrate login with different authentication mechanisms such as RSA, DCE and Kerberos, and thus unify login mechanisms. PAM can also integrate smart card authentication. 1
noun Definition of pam in Technology (language) A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. Pagan, P-H 1981. 1
noun pam (in cards) the knave of clubs 0
abbreviation PAM pamphlet 0

before 1675

One of the 48% oldest English words

1675-85; short for French pamphile, special use of Pamphile man's name

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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