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fingerprintRidge pattern of the skin on a person's fingertips; this is constant through life and no two are exactly alike. Fingerprinting was first used as a means of identifying crime suspects in India, and was adopted by the English police in 1901; it is now widely employed in police and security work. |
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| 25 million to settle a two-year-old lawsuit over its usage of automated fingerprint identification technology. The FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System ( com/reports/c71122) has announced the addition of "China Fingerprint Identification Chip Market Report, 2007" to their offering. |
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