signature
- Noun. A person’s autograph name.
- Noun. The act of signing one's name.
- Noun. (medicine) That part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
- Noun. (music) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo.
- Noun. (printing) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, become a section of a book.
- Noun. (computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
- Noun. (cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
- Noun. (context,
figurative) A mark or sign of implication. - Adjective. distinctive, characteristic indicative of identity.
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