Fingerprint (disambiguation)

Fingerprint is usually a human fingerprint made by the pattern of ridges on the pad of a human finger. Other types of "fingerprints" include,

* Genetic fingerprint, distinguishing two individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA
* Peptide mass fingerprinting, in biochemistry, identification of proteins
* Fingerprint (computing), uniquely identifying data by extracting from it a small key known as a fingerprint.
* TCP/IP stack fingerprinting, identifying computer operating systems from network packets
* Device fingerprinting, harvesting of software and hardware settings from a remote computing device.
* Public key fingerprint, a string of bytes identifying a cryptographic public key
* Acoustic fingerprint, in audio technology, unique code generated from audio samples, allowing computer identification of music
* "Fingerprint" in the forensic identification of typewriters, based on wear and tear of keys
* "Fingerprint" in the forensic identification of paper shredders, based on minute variations of the spacing of the blades
* Radio fingerprinting, characteristic signature from minute variations of frequencies emitted by a radio frequency device.
* Isotopic fingerprint, characteristic ratios of isotopes in material
* "Fingerprints" (book), the Southland Tales graphic novel
* "Fingerprints" (film)
* "Fingerprints" (song), by Leonard Cohen
*"Fingerprints", a song by The Black Heart Procession from their 2002 album "Amore Del Tropico"
*"Fingerprints (album)" by Peter Frampton

ee also

* "Finger Prints" (book) is a book published by Francis Galton in 1892
* "The Myth of Fingerprints" a film starring Julianne Moore
* "Fingerprints of the Gods" an alternative science text
* "", Powderfinger's 'best-of' compilation
* Fingerprint Records, record label and recording studio owned by Mark Heard

See also signatures.