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by Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne

Biometrics are measurable physiological and/or behavioural characteristics that distinctly identify one individual from another. They could include fingerprints, retinal and iris features, hand geometry, vocal patterns, facial characteristics and other identification features of the human anatomy that can be distinguished as characteristics which are exclusive to an individual. Biometric identification, which is the process by which distinct human features are distinguished and identified, has been used for quite some time in specialist high security operations.
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