{{Broad-concept article}}{{wiktionary}} '''Recognition''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Machine learning== *Pattern recognition, a branch of machine learning which encompasses the meanings below
=== Biometric === *Recognition of human individuals, or biometrics, used as a form of identification and access control **Facial recognition system, a system to identify individuals by their facial characteristics **Fingerprint recognition, automated method of verifying a match between two human fingerprints **Handwritten biometric recognition, identifies the author of specific handwriting, offline (static) or in real-time (dynamic) **Iris recognition, a method of biometric identification
=== Linguistic === *Language identification, the problem of identifying which natural language given content is in *Natural language understanding, the parsing of the meaning of text *Speech recognition, the conversion of spoken words into text *Speaker recognition, the recognition of a speaker from their voice
=== Textual === *Handwriting recognition, the conversion of handwritten text into machine-encoded text *Magnetic ink character recognition, used mainly by the banking industry *Optical character recognition, the conversion of typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text **Automatic number plate recognition, the use of optical character recognition to read vehicle registration plates
== Other meanings in computer science == *Activity recognition, the recognition of events from videos or sensors *Gesture recognition, the interpretation of human gestures *Named entity recognition, the classification of elements in text into predefined categories *Object recognition *Optical mark recognition, the capturing of human-marked data from document forms *Sound recognition
== Neuroscience and psychology == *Visual object recognition *Face perception, the process by which the human brain understands and interprets the face *Pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon in which a vague stimulus is perceived as significant *Recall (memory), the retrieval of events or information from the past *Emotion recognition *Pattern recognition (psychology)
== In other sciences == *Recognition (sociology), a public acknowledgement of person's status or merits *Antigen recognition, in immunology *Intra-species recognition, the recognition of another member of the same species *Molecular recognition, the interaction between two or more molecules through non-covalent bonding
==Arts and entertainment== *"The Recognition", a science fiction short story by J. G. Ballard *''The Recognitions'', a 1955 postmodernist novel by William Gaddis *''Recognition'', an EP by The Europeans *''Recognise'' (album), a studio album by Fred V & Grafix, released in 2014 *"Recognise", a song by Lost Frequencies from the 2019 album ''Alive and Feeling Fine'' *"Recognize" (song), a 2014 song by PartyNextDoor *"Recognize", a song by Ol' Dirty Bastard from the 1999 album ''Nigga Please'' *"Recognize", a song by DJ Snake from the 2019 album ''Carte Blanche''
==Law== *Recognition (parliamentary procedure), the assignment of the floor *Recognition (tax), an income tax concept *Recognition (family law), a process in some jurisdictions that confers legitimacy on a child *Diplomatic recognition, the acceptance of the sovereignty of a political entity *Legal recognition, recognition of a legal right in a jurisdiction
==Other uses== *Recognise, a campaign by Reconciliation Australia for constitutional reform *Aircraft recognition, the skill of identifying aircraft on sight *Revenue recognition, in accrual accounting
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