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footprint | x |

As a noun footprint

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

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

footprint

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.
  • Synonyms

    * footmark

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----