In the trailer department we carry Jet Co, Haulass, and Dynaweld. We also have an assorted inventory of used cars, Ford, Chevy, Mercury, and GMC, Volkswagen, Honda, Dodge and Nissans, Trucks, Vans and SUVâs.
In short, please. :-). Authentication = login + password (who you are). Authorization = permissions (what you are allowed to do). Short auth is most likely to refer either to the first one or to both.
In terms of web apps, very crudely speaking, authentication is when you check login credentials to see if you recognize a user as logged in, and authorization is when you look up in your access control whether you allow the user to edit, delete or create content. share | improve this answer.