FOOTPRINT

Footprint

Footprints are the impressions or images left behind by a person walking or running. Hoofprints and pawprints are those left by animals with hooves or paws rather than feet, while "shoeprints" is the specific term for prints made by shoes. They may either be indentations in the ground or something placed onto the surface that was stuck to the bottom of the foot. A "trackway" is set of footprints in soft earth left by a life-form; animal tracks are the footprints, hoofprints, or pawprints of an animal.

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footprint

Noun

  1. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
  2. Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.
  3. Amount of hard drive space required for a program.
  4. The audit trail left by a crashed program.
  5. Profession or lifestyle, as in...
    He is following in his father's footprints.
  6. The surface space occupied by a structure.
    the footprint of a building.
  7. A company's geographic market presence.
    The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.
  8. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
    My carbon footprint is very high.
  9. Availability of a satellite from the ground.


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