OATH

oath

1. on, upon, or under oath

a. Law having sworn to tell the truth, usually with one's hand on the Bible

2. take an oath to declare formally with an oath or pledge, esp before giving evidence

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OATH

Object-oriented Abstract Type Hierarchy, a class library for C++ from Texas Instruments.

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OATH

(1) (Oath) The previous name of Verizon's media offerings. See Verizon Media Group.

(2) (OATH) (Initiative for Open AuTHentication) A collaboration of security companies devoted to developing strong, standard authentication methods on the Internet.

(2) (OAuth) (Open standard for AUTHorization) A standard that allows a third-party website to gain access to resources without exchanging username and password, providing both sites support OAuth. The third-party site requests a token from the site that holds the user's resources, and if the user authorizes the transaction, a temporary access token is issued to the requesting site.

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