footprint

n.

1. An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep.
2. The surface space occupied by a structure or device: the footprint of a building; a microcomputer with a space-saving footprint.
3. An area within which a spacecraft is supposed to land.
4. A designated area affected or covered by a device or phenomenon: the footprint of a communications satellite.

The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor.

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1. The floor or desk area taken up by a piece of hardware.

2. [IBM] The audit trail (if any) left by a crashed program (often in plural, footprints). See also toeprint.

3. RAM footprint: The minimum amount of RAM which an OS or other program takes; this figure gives one an idea of how much will be left for other applications. How actively this RAM is used is another matter entirely. Recent tendencies to featuritis and software bloat can expand the RAM footprint of an OS to the point of making it nearly unusable in practice. [This problem is, thankfully, limited to operating systems so stupid that they don't do virtual memory -- ESR]

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n. 1. the area in which a broadcast signal from a particular source can be received.

2. the area beneath an aircraft or a land vehicle that is affected by its noise or weight.

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The area on a plane directly beneath a structure (or piece of equipment), that has the same perimeter as the structure (or piece of equipment).

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(DOD) 1. The area on the surface of the earth within a satellite's transmitter or sensor field of view. 2. The amount of personnel, spares, resources, and capabilities physically present and occupying space at a deployed location.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fodspor

Nederlands (Dutch)
voetafdruk, be-/ gedekte/ oppervlakte

Français (French)
n. - empreinte de pas, trace de pas, espace de bureau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fußabdruck

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πατημασιά, (α)χνάρι, απαραίτητος χώρος για μηχάνημα

Italiano (Italian)
orma, impronta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pegada (f)

Русский (Russian)
след, отпечаток

Español (Spanish)
n. - huella, pisada, rastro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fotspår, landningsområde för rymdfarkost, bordsutrymme (data)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
脚印, 足迹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 腳印, 足跡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발자국

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 足跡

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أثر القدم, مجال تستحوذه آله ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סימן עקב, עקב, טביעת נעל, תחום קליטת שידורים, השטח על הדיסק התפוס ע"י תוכנת המעבד הזעיר‬

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