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Definition of Biometric authentication
1. Noun. The automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics. "If a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Specialized synonyms: Dna Fingerprint, Genetic Fingerprint, Automatic Face Recognition, Face Recognition, Facial Recognition, Fingerprint, Finger Scan, Finger Scanning, Iris Scanning, Signature Recognition, Retinal Scanning, Voiceprint
Generic synonyms: Identification
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biometric Authentication
Literary usage of Biometric authentication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making Government Work: Electronic Delivery of Federal Services by Unknown (1993)
"biometric authentication relies on a unique physical characteristic to verify
the identity of system users. Common biometric identifiers include ..."
2. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"The host requests biometric authentication. The user enters the biometric
information into the biometric device. The biometric data is transmitted to the ..."
3. Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marcelo Bonilla (2004)
"There are two main phases in biometric authentication. In the enrolment phase,
a certain characteristic of the user is measured. ..."
4. Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering by National Research Council (2002)
"biometric authentication is most applicable to sensitive applications in which
the security risk of a false positive (an imposter being accepted as ..."
5. Making Government Work: Electronic Delivery of Federal Services by Unknown (1993)
"biometric authentication relies on a unique physical characteristic to verify
the identity of system users. Common biometric identifiers include ..."
6. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"The host requests biometric authentication. The user enters the biometric
information into the biometric device. The biometric data is transmitted to the ..."
7. Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marcelo Bonilla (2004)
"There are two main phases in biometric authentication. In the enrolment phase,
a certain characteristic of the user is measured. ..."
8. Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering by National Research Council (2002)
"biometric authentication is most applicable to sensitive applications in which
the security risk of a false positive (an imposter being accepted as ..."
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