detection
catching espial
spying spotting | the act of detecting something, catching sight of something |
| designation identification | the act of designating or identifying something |
detection detecting
detective work
sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
| pathogen | any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) |
explosive detection system
EDS | a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using Xay technology and computers, designed for use in airports |
explosive trace detection
ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
radar
microwave radar
radio detection and ranging
radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
| ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
| identification | the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) |
detection
sensing | the perception that something has occurred or some state exists, early detection can often lead to a cure |
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 |
signal detection
detection | the detection that a signal is being received |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |