signature

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.