Fingerprint (disambiguation)

Fingerprint is usually a human fingerprint made by the pattern of ridges on the pad of a human finger. Other types of fingerprints include,

Genetic fingerprint, distinguishing two individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA
Peptide mass fingerprinting, in biochemistry, identification of proteins
Message digest, in cryptography .
TCP/IP stack fingerprinting, identifying computer operating systems from network packets
Acoustic fingerprint, in audio technology, unique code generated from audio samples, allowing computer identification of music
Typewriter#Forensic identification, a fingerprint formed by wear and tear in individual machines
Paper shredder#Forensic identification, a fingerprint formed by minute variations of the spacing of its blades
RF fingerprint, characterstic signature from minute variations of frequencies emitted by a radio frequency device.
Isotopic fingerprint, characteristic ratios of isotopes in material
Public key fingerprint, a string of bytes identifying a cryptographic public key
Generally, a fingerprint is a combination of variables characteristical for one individual member or an individual class of a group. These are in some cases also called signatures.
For Mark Heard's record label and recording studio, see Fingerprint Records.