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A fingerprint is a mark made by the pattern of ridges on the pad of a human finger.

Fingerprint may also refer to:

Science and technology

• 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
  • 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
  • Digital video fingerprinting, generates unique codes from digital video samples, and is used for automated copyright enforcement
  • TCP/IP stack fingerprinting, identifying computer operating systems from network packets
  • Device fingerprint, harvesting of software and hardware settings from a remote computing device
  • Canvas fingerprinting, a browser fingerprinting technique for tracking users
  • Rabin fingerprint
• Ballistic fingerprinting, a set of forensic techniques that to match a bullet to the gun it was fired with
• Radio fingerprinting, characteristic signature from minute variations of frequencies emitted by a radio frequency device
• Isotopic fingerprint, characteristic ratios of isotopes in material
• Fingerprint, in the forensic identification of a typewriter
• Fingerprint, in the forensic identification of a paper shredder

Arts

• Fingerprints (comics), the Southland Tales graphic novel
• Finger Prints (book), a book published by Francis Galton in 1892
• Finger Prints (film), a lost 1927 silent film directed by Lloyd Bacon
• Finger Prints (serial), a lost 1931 Universal serial directed by Ray Taylor
• Fingerprints (film), 2006
• Fingerprint (album), by Mark Heard
• Fingerprints (Peter Frampton album), 2006
• Fingerprints (Amelia Lily album)
• Fingerprints (Eli Young Band album), 2017
• "Fingerprint", a song by Leona Lewis from her 2012 album Glassheart
• "Fingerprints", a song by The Black Heart Procession from their 2002 album Amore del Tropico
• "Fingerprints", a series of songs by They Might Be Giants from their 1992 album Apollo 18
• "Fingerprints", a song by Katy Perry from her 2008 album One of the Boys
• "Fingerprints", a song by Chick Corea from his 2013 album Trilogy
• "Fingerprints", a song by Minipop from their 2007 album A New Hope

See also

• Glove prints, a mark made by the pattern of a glove that is worn over the human hand
• Dermatoglyphics, the scientific study of fingerprints
• Multiple Intelligences
• The Myth of Fingerprints, a 1997 film starring Julianne Moore
• Fingerprints of the Gods, a 1995 alternative science text
• Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000, Powderfinger's 'best-of' compilation
• Fingerprint Records, record label and recording studio owned by Mark Heard

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