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tunniste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fingerprint noun The unique pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.
  • signature noun A person's name written by their own hand, used to confirm identity or approval.
  • tag noun A small label attached to an item, showing information such as its price, size, or owner.

Senses

tunniste is used for these senses in English:

  • fingerprint (cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
  • identifier (programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
  • signature (computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.

fingerprint — full definition

  1. noun The unique pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.
  2. noun A distinctive combination of features that identifies something, used more broadly than just for fingers.
  3. verb To record someone's fingerprints, or to uniquely identify something by its distinctive traits.

signature — full definition

  1. noun A person's name written by their own hand, used to confirm identity or approval.
  2. noun A distinctive feature or style that identifies someone or something.
  3. adj Distinctive and closely associated with a particular person or thing.

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