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capture Last modified: Wednesday, April 07, 2004

(1) (v.) To save a particular state of a program. The term capture often refers to saving the information currently displayed on a display screen. You can capture the screen to a printer or to a file. The act of saving a display screen is called a screen capture. (2)(n.) Video capture refers to storing video images in a computer. (3)(n.) The recording of keystrokes during the definition of a macro. (4) (n.) In a biometric security system, the process of acquiring a biometric sample from a user.

Biometric Consortium  Extensive collection of information pertaining to the research, development, testing, evaulation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology. The Biometric Consortium serves as the U.S. Government's focal point for this technology. A Practical Guide to Biometric Security Technology Should your company use biometrics? And, if so, which ones should you use, and how do you choose them?