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meanings, YouTube One of our newest definitions explains OpenID:
“OpenID is a decentralized single sign-on authentication system
for the Internet. The goal of the OpenID initiative is to allow
users to log in at websites around the Internet with one ID
instead of having to create multiple unique accounts. OpenID was
developed using the open source software model to be an
interoperable protocol independent from any single organization.
(Continued…)” Activating and using an OpenID is quite easy — I
was able to sign up for TravelWiki, for instance, using one from
Yahoo!. Activation and setup took about a minute. I’ve embedded
three videos below that explain more about how OpenID works and
how to use it. Enjoy! The video below explains more about how to
use an OpenID to login,