Updated July 24, 2022 116 Author: Dmitry Petrov
Hello, dear readers of the KtoNaNovenkogo.ru blog. Nowadays, many online services (especially those related to money in one way or another) have introduced the practice of undergoing identification (it is also sometimes called validation or verification, but this does not change the essence).
Identification may also be required when, for example, you want to restore the rights to your page in Contact (lost for some reason).
Well, in addition to the applied meaning, we will touch upon the question of what the word identification actually means, because it has quite a lot of meanings and is used in a variety of areas (not only those related to the Internet).
Origin and meaning of the cognate adjective
The verb was not found in the etymological dictionary, but a related adjective was easily found there. And since history miraculously enriches knowledge and makes it voluminous, we cannot leave the reader without this information.
We borrowed the word a long time ago, in the 19th century, from French. In Russian it means “the same.” Naturally, the source language is Latin. In Russian, as we well know, identical is “identical, completely identical.”
True, in living speech a word does not always correspond to its meaning. For example, when we say “identical devices,” we mean that they are identical in function, but not equal in detail. Okay, the reader probably knows all this without us. We have not forgotten that our goal is to “identify.” This discovery is yet to come.
Philosophy and psychology
Studying various processes in nature, as well as the worldview and mental experiences of a person, is a rather difficult matter.
In philosophy, it is often necessary to establish the identity of a known object with an unknown one, compare them and draw certain conclusions. Based on the scientific works of leading scientists in this field, the concept of personal identification was introduced. That is, a person’s attitude towards himself. Closely related to this concept is another one related to psychology and which is one of the types of psychological defense. This is the so-called projective identification. Its principle is that a person identifies himself with another person or group. Therefore, to the question: “Identify - what does this mean?” - you can give a specific answer. In most cases, this is to position yourself as a different person or perceive another person as your continuation. Most often, this is how parents perceive their child. In this case, adults believe that their offspring has fully adopted their own qualities, talents and, as a result, should desire and feel the same way as they do. Hence - music, drawing or sports classes that children hate, unnecessary gifts, misunderstanding of the interests of teenagers, that is, the problem of “fathers and children”. Thus, the meaning of the word “identify” in each individual area of life is original, different from all others. What is common in all cases is that the actions or objects performed are compared and either identified or not.
Meaning of verb and noun
But our path to the meaning of a verb is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. Why? Because the definition given in the explanatory dictionary is as follows: to identify is “to establish a match, identity.” That is, to complete the picture, we also lack a definition of “identity.” And this is more difficult to do than with other previous research objects, but we will still try to complete the task. So, the meaning of the word identity is:
- Close similarity, equality or equivalence.
- A person’s self-image, attitude towards any nationality or social group.
Naturally, the first meaning is used much more often, and few people, except the scientists mentioned at the beginning, think about the second. But we are interested in the most savvy and educated readers, so we do not hide anything from them.
Information Systems
In this area, to identify means to assign a certain identifier to a subject or object. It could be a barcode or a password in a particular system. The action of comparing objects with a list of identifiers is also called. Authorization of users on sites occurs almost simultaneously with the process of establishing personal identity. Which leads to confusion of these concepts. It should be understood that on ordinary information sites the user logs in, that is, goes online and gets access to commenting on materials. But for portals where financial payments take place, it is important to identify the person. This means that the system needs to establish whether the action is actually carried out by that particular living person, with last name, first name, passport, who is the owner of the account.
Offers
To understand the true meaning of the verb "identify" and its meaning, we need to put them in some context. In addition to the usual ones, we will also experiment with a well-known phrase. Let's start with her.
Remember the iconic quote: “I don’t recognize you in makeup...”? Or you could say, “I can’t identify you.” True, in this case, an era of some kind of parallel reality would come, where the language of the machine or the terminator would subjugate the Soviet masterpiece. But if we talk about less terrible consequences, then the humor from the phrase would evaporate.
After we have plunged a little into postmodernism, it’s time to return to modernism, that is, modernity, and make some simpler sentences:
- I can't identify you in the dark, come out into the light, otherwise the camera won't see you.
- It is not possible to identify this document: it was very wet in the rain.
- I can’t identify you: my glasses were left at home.
From the above examples, one can discern one pattern: when it comes to documents and official affairs, the word is in place, and when the conventional register of the language changes and the verb can be replaced by another less bookish one, then this must be done, because the object of the study feels like a stranger in an informal setting. Let the reader think about this at his leisure. After all, this is a fascinating topic.
Meaning of the word identify
Examples of the use of the word identify in the literature.
Now I understand, Yuven, why the automation could not identify you among the inhabitants of the catagotium.
A mournful allusion to John Salisbury, who died in the summer of 1612, allowed me to determine the true date of the book’s appearance, and through it to identify the prototypes of the Dove and Phoenix - the extraordinary Rutland couple who left this world at the same time as Salisbury.
The witness identified half a dozen acetate discs and explained how they were inserted into the equipment and how conversations were recorded.
Only the communication field of the intrasensors responded, who almost instantly detected the emergence of a powerful biopotential and tried to jointly identify the person.
The activation of such sensors does not allow identifying the location of the fire and monitoring the performance of the sensor during operation.
In general, we think that we have identified four sets of traces on the European digraph.
This is the process during which hostages begin to identify with their captors.
The kernel identifies indexes by file system name and index number and allocates indexes in memory when requested by the appropriate algorithms.
As in any other type of identification of a person based on appearance, in photographic examination the identified object in all cases is a specific individual whose identity is being established.
It was diluted in a volatile solvent that could be identified as a derivative of coal tar, but the basis for the dye was an infusion of red cochineal lice, which, if not yet extinct, had not been used to produce dyes for thousands of years.
For local mount points, identifies either a special block file where the file system resides, or a file or directory into which the file system will be mounted.
The DEM discovered and identified a synthetic heart that continued to beat irregularly among the hot debris.
If there are benign portrait photographs or X-ray photographs of the skull and other conditions for the preparation of identifying objects and comparative samples are met, the expert has the opportunity, based on the totality of general and particular signs of appearance, to give a categorical conclusion about whether one or different faces are depicted in two or more portrait photographs, whether the discovered one belongs to the skull of a given person.
We have not the slightest hope that we will be able to vote against this decision unless the killer of the bony leopard is identified as quickly as possible.
It was only in 1917, a year after Ruffo’s archives were opened, that the painting could be definitely identified as the same one that Don Antonio commissioned Rembrandt in 1652, and the man in it as Aristotle himself.
Source: Maxim Moshkov library
What is identification
The definition of identification is the deep-seated need of the individual to establish coincidences and similarities with the object of veneration. A person who perceives the world as a system of mysterious phenomena and things becomes unable to independently understand the meaning of existence and the purpose of the world around him. Such a person needs a stable orientation system that would enable him to compare himself with a specific model. A mechanism of this kind was first developed in the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud. He identified it based on personal observation of pathological cases, and later extended it to the “healthy” spiritual life.
Sigmund Freud considered the identification mechanism as an attempt by a weak person (or a child) to adopt the strength of significant other individuals who are authorities for him. Thus, the individual’s anxiety and sense of fear of reality decreases. It has been established that the individual has a deep-seated need to constantly observe personalized samples in his field of vision. Applied psychoanalysis also studies the types of identification mechanisms associated with the organization of various social movements and the manifestation of the charisma of political leaders.
There are some identification methods that are used in different spheres of life (psychology, criminology, medicine).
Identification methods include the study of such biometric indicators: fingerprints, face shape, retinal pattern, iris, uniqueness of voice, originality of handwriting and signature, “keyboard” handwriting, etc.
Identification methods are divided into static and dynamic techniques. Static - formed on unique human properties, given from birth, not separate from the body. These are physiological properties - palm pattern, facial geometry, retinal pattern, etc.
Dynamic - based on the dynamic (behavioral) characteristics of the individual. Behavioral characteristics are manifested in subconscious movements carried out by a person - speech, typing dynamics, handwriting. These dynamic characteristics are influenced by controllable and less controllable psychological factors. Due to variability, biometric samples must be updated when used.
One of the popular methods is fingerprinting. Fingerprinting is based on the originality of the papillary patterns of each person's fingers. A special scanner acquires the outline of a fingerprint, which can be correlated with existing fingerprints in the database and identify a person. Another static method is identification by hand shape. To do this, measure the shape of the brush. Identification based on the uniqueness of the iris and the pattern of the retina is performed with a special scanner that is harmless to vision.
Creating a 2/3D face is also a static method. Using a camera and a special program, facial features (contours of lips, nose, eyes, eyebrows, etc.) are highlighted. The distance between these indicators and other parameters are calculated. Based on the information received, an image of the individual’s face is formed.
The dynamic method is to identify a person based on the characteristics of his signature and handwriting. In this method, the main thing is the stability of the uniqueness of each person’s handwriting (pen pressure, curls, volume, etc.). The handwriting characteristics are examined, then processed into a digital image and processed by a computer program.
Another dynamic method is recognition by the dynamics of typing using keyboard keys (“keyboard handwriting”). The process is similar to the handwriting recognition method. However, here a keyboard is used instead of paper, and a certain code word is used instead of a signature. The main characteristic is the dynamics of the computer typing of this code word.
The voice recognition method is a method that is very convenient in its application. It began to be used due to the widespread use of telephone connections and various gadgets with microphones. The problem with this method is the factors that affect the quality of voice recognition: noise, interference, errors in pronunciation, uneven emotional state, etc.
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