Certificate
The public key and identity of a user, together with some other information, rendered authentic by signing the certificate with the private key of the certifying authority, which issued that public key certificate.
“certificate” is usually used whereas “public key certificate” should be, in order to differentiate with “attribute certificates”. The public key and identity of a user, together with some other information, rendered authentic by signing the certificate with the private key of the certifying authority, which issued that public key certificate.