Automated Fingerprint Identification System

(forensic science) A searchable database of finger and palm print records used to verify the identity of users of systems or of criminals, or to link unsolved crimes.

Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) can refer to

• Automated fingerprint identification systems in general, or
• the U.S. national Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System used by police departments and United States federal agencies such as the CIA, FBI, NCIS, etc.

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