Footprint
WordNet
noun
(1) The area taken up by some object
"The computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
(2) A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
"The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
(3) A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
"The footprints of an earlier civilization"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.
- Amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- 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. Eg. 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.