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Definitions of biometric authentication:

any method of verifying the identity of a person by measuring an individual biological characteristic (eg fingerprinting, retinal scanning, iris scanriing, voice recognition)
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This is the user authentication based on examining specific physical traits of the user by means of special biometric equipment. Biometric authentication can be based on examining fingerprints, iris, voice, and other specific traits of the user's body.
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biometric identification: the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
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