Category
page 1Fingerprinting algorithms
device fingerprint
information collected about a remote computing device for the purpose of full or partial identification
fingerprint
digital identifier to identify a certain piece of data, derived from the data by an algorithm

public key fingerprint
short sequence of bytes used to authenticate or look up a longer public key
canvas fingerprinting
browser fingerprinting technique
Acoustic fingerprint
condensed digital summary (“fingerprint”) deterministically generated from an audio signal, that can be used to identify an audio sample or quickly locate similar items in an audio database
Rabin fingerprint
method for implementing fingerprints using polynomials over a finite field, proposed by Michael O. Rabin