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Definition[]

A biometric match is a determination that two biometric samples correspond to the same source based on some level of computer-evaluated similarity.

Overview[]

A biometric match represents not certain recognition but a probability of correct recognition, while a nonmatch represents a probability rather than a definitive conclusion that an individual is not known to the system. That is, some fraction of results from even the best-designed biometric system will be incorrect or indeterminate: both false matches and false nonmatches will occur.[1]

References[]

  1. Biometric Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities 4 (Joseph N. Pato & Lynette I. Millett, eds. 2010) (full-text).
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