# OAuth

> open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords

**Wikidata**: [Q743238](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743238)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/oauth


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://oauth.net/core/1.0a/#auth_header)