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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.