Footprint (disambiguation)
A footprint is a literal word for an impression left by a foot or shoe.
Footprint or Footprints may also refer to:
in science and technology:
- Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a computer program uses or references while running, or how much hard disk space a program takes up.
- Ichnite, a fossilized footprint
- In industrial design, an item's footprint is the surface area it occupies.
- See also form factor. It may also figuratively to distribution of industrial output.
- Footprint (satellite), the area of the Earth's surface from which a satellite's signals can be received
- Footprint (electronics), the layout of electronic connections on a printed circuit board
- Ecological footprint: the environmental impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- Carbon footprint: the carbon dioxide released by a human activity into the atmosphere
- Footprinting: the technique of gathering information about computer systems
in music:
in other uses:
- Footprint Books, a travel publisher based in Bath, UK, noted especially for their coverage of Latin America
- Footprints Environmental centre, an e-waste recycling centre in Cape Town, South Africa
- Phylogenetic footprinting
See also
- Buddha footprint, an early aniconic and symbolic representation of the Buddha.
- Footprints Bay, bay on Ambergris Caye, Belize
- Moso's Footprint, formation in Samoa
- The Devil's Footprints, mysterious footprints in snow in Devon, England in 1855
- Footprints on Sand, 1981 collection by authors L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp
- Footprint Nebula, nebula also known as M1-92
- Laetoli footprints, prehistoric footprints near Laetoli, Tanzania
- Citizens's Footprint Movement, political party in Colombia