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Recognition
  • The determination by any means of the individuality of persons, or of objects, such as aircraft, ships, or tanks, or of phenomena such as communications-electronics patterns. (JCS1-DoD)
  • In ground combat operations, the determination that an object is similar within a category of something already known; e. g. , tank, truck, man. (JCS1-DoD)
  • The determination of the nature of a detected person, object, or phenomenon, and possibly its class or type. This may include the determination of an individual within a particular class or type. (JCS1-NATO) See also authenticate, identification friend or foe, identification friend or foe personal identifier, intelligibility.