Recognition may refer to:

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

See also

ca:Reconeixement nl:Erkenning pt:Reconhecimento sr:Рекогниција