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| Term | Definition |
| Facial Recognition | A biometric method in which the face of the person being checked is compared with one or several photos stored. Using the ICAO-compliant photo of the passport holder stored in the electronic passport, the holder of the passport can be verified using this method. Currently, efforts have been made to develop more sophisticated facial recognition technologies. 3D face recognition adds a third dimension to facial recognition, which increases performance and security significantly. |
| False And Authentic Documents (FADO) | European image archiving system (Council resolution of 27 March 2000) to combat illegal immigration and organised crime. FADO is designed to enable the fast and simple exchange of information about authentic and false documents between member states. The FADO database contains the following information: * Images of forged or manipulated documents * Images of authentic documents * Information about forgery methods * Information on security methods |
| FAR / False Acceptance Rate | The acceptance of an impostor into a system being protected by a biometric device. False Acceptance Rate refers to the probability ? expressed as a percentage ? that a device will fail to reject an impostor. |
| Fingerprint recognition | An individual?s fingerprint comprises papillary lines (ridges) and minutiae (branches) and is unique to each person. In fingerprint recognition, a fingerprint scanner first takes an image of the fingerprint. Either the image or a template of the fingerprint is then saved. Storing the fingerprint of the 2 index fingers in the electronic passport will make the verification of the passport holder even more reliable than only storing the facial image. |
| Forensic examination | Laboratory examination by highly qualified experts of documents for authenticity features which cannot be identified by citizens and control officers in Primary Inspection. |
| FRR / False Rejection Rate | The rejection of a legitimate user from the system being protected by a biometric device. False Rejection Rate refers to the probability ? expressed as a percentage ? that a device will fail to accept a legitimate user. |
| Full-Page Reader | An ePassport reading device which scans the complete data page of the document and displays data on the screen. |
