Signature (disambiguation)
A signature is a hand-written, possibly stylized, version of someone's name, which may be used to confirm the person's identity.
Signature may also refer to:
- distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity
In art:
- Signature artwork, works by popular and well-established artists that are easily recognized as theirs because of unique characteristics in style, medium, or subject matter; distinctive works that may be easily recognized without having to ascertain the makers, the school of art, or the period
In computing:
- Signature block, text automatically appended at the bottom of an e-mail message, Usenet article, or forum post
- Method signature, in computer programming, especially object-oriented programming, how a method is commonly identified
- Type signature, which defines the inputs and outputs for a function or method
In cryptography:
In mathematics:
In music:
In science:
- Isotopic signature, a characteristic set of ratios of stable or unstable isotopes
- Metric signature, in physics, refers to the form of a metric tensor: the sign of the diagonal components constitutes its "signature"
- Spectral signature, the specific combination of reflected and absorbed electromagnetic (EM) radiation at varying wavelengths which can uniquely identify an object
- Radar cross-section
In other uses:
- Signature, a brand of the clothing company Levi Strauss & Co.
- In bookbinding, a large sheet of paper printed with several pages, which, when folded, is intended to form four or more leaves in the finished book
- Diabolical signature, in demonology, the signature of a devil, demon or similar spirit, whose purpose is usually to sign away one's soul
- Doctrine of signatures, in Christian European metaphysics
- Signature (dance group), a British Bhangra act in the 2008 series of the popular British television show Britain's Got Talent
- Signature mark, a mark at the bottom of signatures to assist the bookbinder
- Signature Books, a publisher of Mormon works
- Signature Records, a mid-20th century United States-based record label
- Signatures Restaurant, a restaurant formerly owned by Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff
- Signature Digital Menus, a company specialising in the provision of digital menu boards
- Signature Theatres, a movie theatre chain in California, Hawaii, and Montana operated by Regal Entertainment Group
- Signature crime, a crime which exhibits characteristics unique to an offender's psychology.
- Signature Team, a French motor racing team.
- Signature_(charity)/CACDP, Signature is a trading name of the Council for the Advancement of Communication for Deaf People in the UK.