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A signature is a hand-written, possibly stylized, version of someone's name, which may be used to confirm the person's identity. The writer of a signature is a signatory or signer.

Signature or signatory may also refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Computing

  • Signature block, text automatically appended at the bottom of an e-mail message, Usenet article, or forum post
  • Type signature, which defines the inputs and outputs for a function or method
  • Electronic signature, or e-signature, refers to data in electronic form, which is logically associated with other data in electronic form and which is used by the signatory to sign.

Cryptography

Mathematics

Music

Science

Other uses

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