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biometric device

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biometric device [‚bī·ō¦me·trik di¦vīs]
(computer science)
A device that identifies persons seeking access to a computing system by determining their physical characteristics through fingerprints, voice recognition, retina patterns, pictures, weight, or other means.
biometric device - biometrics


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When a biometric device gives a false positive that allows an incorrect reading, it is called a false acceptance.
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Whatever type of physical characteristic a biometric device evaluates, when a user interacts with the device, the device captures an image, converts that image into as many as 100 points of data, and stores the resulting bits and bytes on a 9-kilobyte file that gets stored in a database.
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