For many years now I have been delighted that the words “username” and “password” are the same length. A fixed-width font in a text file full of server addresses, usernames, and passwords therefore looks quite organized.


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  1. As with all the popular abbreviations:

    user
    pass

    un
    pw

    u:
    p:

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