Noun

(en noun)

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne

, title=Well Tackled! , chapter=13 citation , passage=“Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints , both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant.}}

Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.

(computing) Amount of hard drive space required for a program.

(computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.

Profession or lifestyle, as in...

He is following in his father's footprints .

The surface space occupied by a structure.

the footprint of a building .

A company's geographic market presence.

The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.

The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.

My carbon footprint is very high.

Availability of a satellite from the ground.

Noun

(en noun)

A clue.

A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

A small, barely detectable amount of.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,

Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting .

(obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2

I, not remembering how I cried out then, / Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint / That wrings mine eyes to't.