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Question by dip
Submitted on 9/5/2003
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how fingerprints are stored in database?


Answer by Dad
Submitted on 5/9/2006
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It depends on the database. Most of the Automated Fingerprint Systems in the world that use fingerprints for criminal records use a form of ANSI/NIST format. ANSI stands for American National Standard Information systems. NIST stands for National Institute of Standards and Technology. But there are other forms used for other reasons. Basically they store high resolution images in a lossless format in one file or area, data about the identifying characteristics in another file and related text data /name and other information in another file with a way to link them all together. This answer is simple, but I don't know who I'm explaining this to so I've kept it simple.Don't 'forget the computer only uses the information to create a lists of potential matches. An examiner looks at the impressions and determines when there is an identification.

 

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