footprint
/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/ noun B1- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment. · This computer has a smaller footprint.
- The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
- What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others. · 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.
Plural footprints
From the library
“My footprint, I presume?”
“No, Watson, I fear that I could not undertake to recognize your footprint amid all the footprints of the world.
One fact which has not been explained is the statement of Barrymore that his master’s footprints altered their character from the time that he passed the moor-gate, and that he appeared from thence onward to have been walking upon his toes.
“Footprints?”
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