footprint
Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/
The English word “footprint” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment.
- The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
- What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
- The surface space occupied by a structure.
- A company's geographic market presence.
- The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- Availability of a satellite from the ground.
- A polygon representing the shape of an item.
Etymology
From foot + print.
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