fingerprint
/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ · noun
Meaning
- The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
- The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
- Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
- A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
- A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.
- To take somebody's fingerprints.
- To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.
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