Learn the correct pronunciation of popular password manager and credential vault names to sound confident discussing security tooling in interviews.
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How is Bitwarden (open-source password manager) correctly pronounced?
Bitwarden is pronounced 'BIT-war-den' — 'bit' plus 'warden' (a guardian). Stress on BIT. Don't say 'bit-WAR-den' with back stress. In a technical interview: "Bitwarden's self-hosted option let our team keep every shared credential inside our own infrastructure."
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How is 1Password correctly pronounced?
1Password is pronounced 'WUN-PASS-wurd' — the digit 1 said as 'one' plus 'password', roughly equal stress on WUN and PASS. Don't say 'FURST-PASS-wurd' reading the digit as 'first'. In a technical interview: "1Password's CLI let us inject secrets straight into our deployment scripts without ever writing them to disk."
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How is KeePass (open-source local password manager) correctly pronounced?
KeePass is pronounced 'KEE-pass' — 'keep' (long E, though spelled with one E in the middle) plus 'pass'. Stress on KEE. Don't say 'KEP-as' shortening the first vowel. In a technical interview: "KeePass stores the entire encrypted vault as a single local file, so nothing ever touches a third-party server."
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How is Dashlane (password manager and digital wallet) correctly pronounced?
Dashlane is pronounced 'DASH-layn' — 'dash' plus 'lane', rhymes with 'plane'. Stress on DASH. Don't say 'dash-LAYN' with back stress. In a technical interview: "Dashlane flagged every reused password across our team and forced a rotation before the audit deadline."
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How is NordPass (password manager from the Nord security group) correctly pronounced?
NordPass is pronounced 'NORD-pass' — 'Nord' (like the compass direction 'north' in several European languages) plus 'pass'. Stress on NORD. Don't say 'nord-PASS' with back stress. In a technical interview: "NordPass integrated with our existing Nord VPN license, so procurement approved it without a separate vendor review."