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Noun: passkey  'pãs,kee
  1. A key that opens many locks, typically all the locks in a building
    "The superintendent carried a passkey for all apartments in the complex";
    - passe-partout, master key, master
     
  2. (computing) authentication using biometric data via a cryptographic key
    "He used a passkey to log into his account securely"

Derived forms: passkeys

Type of: key

Encyclopedia: Passkey