signature
Signature ( Latin signatura "sign") stands for:
a signature:
- a handwritten signature
- Signature (art) , indication of the author of an artist on his work
- Coin and medal signature, indication of the author of the medalist on coins and medals
Emails and IT:
- Digital signature , a cryptographic process that makes the authorship of a message verifiable (technical term)
- Electronic signature , proof of identity in the EDP (legal term)
- Signature (e-mails and postings) , text section on the sender
- Signature (e-mails in business transactions) , text section on the sender for whom legal regulations apply in business transactions
- Signature (programming) , definition of a method or procedure, consisting of method name and parameters
- Virus signature , a feature used to identify malware
Characteristics in printing:
- Signature (sentence) , a notch as an auxiliary marking on a printing type
- Sheet signature , an identification for bookbinders on printed sheets
Features in other areas:
- Signature (documentation) , a location designation in libraries and archives
- Signature (cartography) , signs on maps to indicate the type and location of objects
- Signature to designate military vehicles (e.g. ambulance vehicles; see GTK Boxer # ambulance vehicle )
- a trace that makes an object visible for military reconnaissance, see stealth technology
- Radar signature, see radar cross-section
- Signature in spectroscopy (e.g. signature of a chemical element)
Mathematics:
- Signature (linear algebra) , an invariant of a bilinear form
- Signature (knot theory) , a knot invariant
- Signature (model theory) , a set of relation symbols together with an arity function
- Signature (topology) , an invariant of manifolds
See also:
- Apostolic signature , supreme court of the Roman Curia
- Signature theory
- Signature (disambiguation)
Wiktionary: Signature - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: sign - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
