| designation identification | the act of designating or identifying something |
| identification | the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) |
recognition
identification | the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering, a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces, experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer |
speaker identification
talker identification | identification of a person from the sound of their voice |
ballistic identification
ballistic fingerprinting
bullet fingerprinting | identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it |
biometric identification
biometric authentication
identity verification | the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics, negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification, if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot |
| number identification number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification, she refused to give them her Social Security number |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
interface
user interface | (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system |
graphical user interface
GUI | a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text, uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device |
| identification | evidence of identity, something that identifies a person or thing |
| positive identification | evidence proving that you are who you say you are, evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system, recognition by the system leads to acceptance, a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people |
| negative identification | evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not, evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system, recognition by the system leads to rejection, a system for negative identification can prevent the use of multiple identities by a single person |
personal identification number
PIN
PIN number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts |
| demand for identification | as by a sentry |
| computer user | a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business |
drug user
substance abuser
user | a person who takes drugs |
| end user | the ultimate user for which something is intended |
exploiter
user | a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically |
| power user | (computing) a computer user who needs the fastest and most powerful computers available |
smoker
tobacco user | a person who smokes tobacco |
snuffer
snuff user | a person who uses snuff |
| user | a person who makes use of a thing, someone who uses or employs something |
| identification | the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established, the thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest, identification of the gun was an important clue |
| identification particle | a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture |
| user-friendly | easy to use |