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facebase noun. A database of faces used in the computer-based recognition and identification of a face.

Example Citation:
"Last year, Lau won contracts to provide imaging systems to the Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transitional Assistance. The technology would allow the Registry to quickly sift through its facebase to determine if a driver's license applicant is already registered under different names."
—Christopher Cox, "Facial Fingerprinting," The Boston Herald

Related Words:
affective computing
biometrics
eigenface
face blindness
facial technology
micro-expression
passface

Subject Category:
Computers - Privacy and Security

Posted on December 11, 1998 at 9:12 PM


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