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Word: signature (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity

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Noun:

  • A person?s autograph name.
  • computing A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
  • figurative A mark or sign of implication.
  • cryptography Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
  • medicine That part of a doctor?s prescription containing directions for the patient.
  • music Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo
  • printing A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book
  • The act of signing one's name.

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