Fingerprint

A fingerprint was a pattern on one's digits that could be used to confirm one's identity via biometrics. A fingerprint of a thumb was called a thumbprint. They were included on identity tapes. On Ferenginar, Ferengi used dermal prints as means of signatures. A thumbscan was a biometric identification consisting of an image of an individual's thumbprint.
In 2153, Commander Trip Tucker used his thumbprint to enter the locked quarters of T'Pol. ()
In 2259, an analysis of the "Butcher of J'Gal's" d'k tahg by the 's computer revealed the fingerprints of both Doctor Joseph M'Benga and Ambassador Dak'Rah to be on the knife. ()
A fingerprint match helped confirm the bodily death of Rao Vantika. ()
A Cardassian's thumbprint on a Kressari PADD was all the evidence Kira Nerys needed in 2370 to prove to the Chamber of Ministers a connection between Cardassia and The Circle. Once the thumbprint established the shocking truth behind The Circle, Minister Jaro Essa's attempted a coup d'etat against the Bajoran Provisional Government immediately collapsed. ()
Thumbprints could be used in lieu of signatures. In 2374, Luther Sloan threatened Julian Bashir with confinement in a maximum security cell for the duration of the Dominion War unless he put his thumbprint on a confession. ()
In 2381, Ensign Beckett Mariner complained that nanobots that got onto her hand when she had to sweep them up were eating her fingerprints. ()
File:Tucker's thumbprint.jpg|Commander Tucker leaving a thumbprint
File:Fingerprint of Carter Winton.jpg|Fingerprint of Carter Winston
File:Fingerprint on Gary Seven document.jpg|Fingerprint on a NSA ID
== See also ==
* Fingerprint database
* Footprint
* Handprint
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Category:Anatomy
Category:Identification technology