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Meaning of FOOTPRINT

Pronunciation:  'fût`print

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; a clue that someone was present; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
 
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 Synonyms: footmark, step
 
 See Also: clew, clue, cue, mark

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Foot"print`\, n.
The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as,
``Footprints of the Creator.''
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

1. The floor or desk area taken up by a piece of hardware.

2. The amount of disk or RAM taken up by a program or file.

3. (IBM) The audit trail left by a crashed program (often "footprints").

See also toeprint.

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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: boss, bump, colophon, concavity, convexity, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, dint, embossment, excrescence, fingerprint, footmark, footstep, fossil footprint, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, lump, pad, paw print, pawmark, pimple, print, pug, pugmark, seal, sigil, sign, signet, spoor, stamp, step, stud, thumbmark, thumbprint, trace, track, tract, vestige
 

 

 

 

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