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by forgot-my-pw 2298 days ago
It's in the 3rd paragraph:

Simply put, Security Assertion Markup Language (better known as its acronym, SAML) is a protocol for authenticating to web applications. Federating identities is a common practice that amounts to having user identities stored across discrete applications and organizations. SAML allows these federated apps and organizations to communicate and trust one another’s users.

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Thanks.

Generally, it is advised to provide the definition the first time you use an acronym.

It's also an incredibly common acronym.
I have been a computer nerd (now a neuroscience scientist nerd) for decades. I didn't know SAML.