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AVID:
American veterinary identification device
Biometrics: a way of using technology to identify
people by reading the features of parts of their bodies.
For example, finger scanning, retina scans, iris scans.
Control: purposeful influence toward a predetermined
goal (Beniger, 1986: 39).
Cornucopia: an overflowing supply.
Deployable: able to be moved or transported.
DMPITS: Deployable mass population identification
and tracking system.
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid, large molecule responsible
for transfer of genetic characteristics.
Ethics: the principles of behaviour expected
in a certain situation.
IDENT: US Immigration and Naturalization Services's
identification system.
INS: Immigration and Naturalization Services.
Junta: a small ruling group in a country. Usually
as a result of revolution.
Recidivist: someone who repeatedly relapses into
illegal activity.
Rivet: a metal pin holding two materials together.
Riveted: joined by a metal pin using a pop riveter.
Refugee: a person who flees their home usually
to a foreign country to escape political or military
upheaval.
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