identitylinking

noun

UK /aɪˈdɛntɪtiˌlɪŋkɪŋ/

US /aɪˈdɛntətiˌlɪŋkɪŋ/

Joining two things together so they know they belong to the same person.

Identitylinking lets your game account connect to your school login.

SYNONYMS

account linking identity connection profile joining account merging

RELATED WORDS

login account profile authentication single sign-on

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The process of connecting different online accounts to prove they belong to one user.

Identitylinking across apps saves you from making new passwords.

3. A security step that ties a person's digital records to their real identity.

The bank uses identitylinking to match your phone number to your name.

4. In computing, matching a user's data across systems using a shared identifier.

Identitylinking helped the school combine the library and lunch systems.