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Garner's Modern American Usage对此词有一段很好的解说;
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password; passcode
' f, }' q8 H( d3 Z M4 y0 PThe latter is a NEOLOGISM created in an effort to keep up with modern technology. In the computer age, a password is often not a word at all; instead, it’s merely a combination of characters (letters and numbers). Hence the term passcode, born in the early 1990s.% e6 ?% P2 ~# I- g# g+ m9 f
9 p4 x. \- ?* NLike many other neologisms, this one may be short-lived: password isn’t likely to be bumped from the language. Indeed, those who object to a password that consists of the digits in one’s birthdate, for example, are probably being too literal. |
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