Core - A center of a loop, Arches - A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originates from one side of the print and continues to the other side, Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) - FBI-developed national database of more than 76 million criminal fingerprints and criminal histories, Biometrics - Uses measurements and statistical analyses of someone's physical characteristics to aid in their identification, Delta - A triangular ridge pattern , Fingerprint - An impression left on any surface that consists of patterns made by the ridges on a finger , Latent Fingerprints - A concealed fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or forensic techniques, Plastic Fingerprints - A three-dimensional fingerprint made using soft material such as clay, soap, or putty, Patent Fingerprints - A visible fingerprint that happens when fingers coated with blood, ink, or some other substance touch a surface and transfer their fingerprint to that surface, Loops - A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin, Minutiae - A combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique, Ridge count - The number of ridges between the center of the delta and the core of a loop, Ridge patterns - The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end pads of fingers that form lines on the surfaces of objects in a fingerprint. They fall into three categories: arches, loops, and whorls, Ten Print Card - A form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints, Whorls - A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bullseye,

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