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Biometrics

A general term used alternatively to describe a characteristic or a process in biometric identification systems.

As a characteristic:
A measurable biological (anatomical and physiological) and behavioral characteristic that can be used for automated recognition.

As a process:
Automated methods of recognizing an individual based on measurable biological (anatomical and physiological) and behavioral characteristics.

Index of related articles:

Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS)
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
Behavioral Biometric Characteristic
Biological Biometric Characteristic
Biometrics
Biometric Data
Biometrics Algorithm
Biometric Match
Biometric Match Threshold
Biometric Sample
Biometric System
Capture
Common Biometric Exchange File Format (CBEFF)
Challenge Response
Closed-set Identification
Covert Sampling
Feature Extraction
Live Biometric Capture
Liveness Detection
Non-cooperative User
One-to-many
One-to-One
Open-set Identification
Overt Collection
Speaker Recognition
Spoofing
Template
Threshold
True Accept Rate
True Reject Rate
Uncooperative User
Verification

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