Look up: biometrics

1. biometrics
   (security, hardware) The use of special input devices to analyse some physical parameter assumed to be unique to an individual, in order to confirm their identity as part of an authentication procedure. Examples include fingerprint scanning, iris recognition, facial recognition, voice recognition (s...
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2. Biometrics
   Biometric methods of identification work by measuring unique human characteristics as a way to confirm identity, for example, finger or iris scanning or dynamic signature verification.
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3. Biometrics
   (In topic `Security`) Biometrics is the science of using biological properties, such as finger prints, retina scans and voice, to identify individuals. With regards to security, biometrics applies to a broad range of techniques that employ human physical characteristics as a means of authentication. A number of such techniques have been developed f
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4. Biometrics
   Automated methods that measure physical characteristics or personal traits, such as hand profiles or voice prints, to verify a person's identity. Uses include security access and fraud prevention.
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5. Biometrics
   The recognition of people from characteristics such as fingerprints, facial-geometry, iris patterns or voice.
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6. biometrics
   the elements of biometry Category: Medicine
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7. Biometrics
   A term used to describe the emerging branch of security that uses ‘what you are` to authenticate a person. An alternative security approach involves ‘what you know`, eg. password. Characteristics measured using biometrics include: iris, cranium, and fingerprint recognition.
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8. biometrics
   <study> The statistical approach to the study of biology, especially to biological events like births and deaths, and other biological observations. ... The calculation of life expectancy. ... (21 Mar 1998) ...
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9. biometrics
   biometry noun a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis
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10. biometrics
    (bi″o-met´riks) biometry.
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11. biometrics
    (from the article `police`) In criminal investigations biometric analysis, or biometrics, can be used to identify suspects by means of various unique biological markers. ...
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12. biometrics
    biometrics 1. The science of measuring physical characteristics, to verify a person`s identity which includes voice recognition, iris and face scans, and fingerprint recognition. This definition is a recent application from the tech world [a recently created application]. This sense of biometrics sh...
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13. biometrics
    biometrics, also known as biostatisticsor biometry,in biology, the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods to the analysis of data resulting from biological observations and phenomena. Biometrics is used in clinical trials evaluating the relative effectiveness of differen...
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14. biometrics
    biometrics, in security and personal identification, the electronic verification of individuals using biological traits, such as iris or retinal scanning, fingerprints, or face recognition, and the technology used in verification. The main operations involved in a biometric system are called enrollm...
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15. biometrics
    In computing, term applied loosely to the measurement of biological (human) data, usually for security purposes, rather than the statistical analysis of biological data. For example, when someone wants to enter a building or cash a cheque, their finger or eyeball may be scanned and compared with a f...
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16. biometrics
    The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods. Biometrics may be used to help learn the possible causes of a cancer or how often a cancer occurs in a certain group of people. Also called biometry and biostatistics.
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17. Biometrics
    `Biometrics` (or `biometric authentication`)<ref group="note">As Jain & Ross (2008, footnote 4 on page 1) point out, "the term biometric authentication is perhaps more appropriate than biometrics since the latter has been historically used in the field of statisti...
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18. Biometrics
    (journal) `Biometrics` is a journal that publishes articles on the application of statistics and mathematics to the biological sciences.<ref name="JSTOR">http://www.jstor.org/journals/0006341X.html JSTOR entry on biometrics--> It is published by the International Biometric...
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