Matt goes to an Internet café and tries to access his emails. The email client asks Matt to enter his email address along with the password associated with it. By asking for the email address and the password, the email client is _____ Matt.
A) authenticating
B) authorizing
C) decrypting
D) acknowledging

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Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of an individual or device. In this case, by asking for Matt's email address and password, the email client is confirming that the person trying to access the email account is actually Matt. Authorization, on the other hand, deals with granting or denying access to specific resources or services once the authentication process is complete. Decrypting refers to the process of converting encrypted data into its original form, while acknowledging simply means recognizing or confirming that a request or message has been received.

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