Fingerprint recognition is the procedure of comparing known and unknown fingerprints to prove that the it is from the same person or not [8] ...Openaccesspeer-reviewedchapterIntroductoryChapter:OnFingerprintRecognitionByMuhammadSarfrazReviewed:December23rd2020Published:February10th2021DOI:10.5772/intechopen.95630Home>Books>BiometricSystemsAdvertisementDownloaded:205AdvertisementchapterandauthorinfoAuthorMuhammadSarfraz*DepartmentofInformationScience,CollegeofLifeSciences,KuwaitUniversity,SabahAlSalemUniversityCity,Shadadiya,Kuwait*Addressallcorrespondenceto:[email protected];,[email protected]:10.5772/intechopen.95630FromtheEditedVolumeIntechOpenBiometricSystemsEditedbyMuhammadSarfrazBiometricSystemsEditedbyMuhammadSarfrazShow+1.IntroductionThebiometricphrasemeanslifemeasurementintheGreeklanguage[1].Thatisanytechniqueusedformeasuringbiologicalinformationforrecognitiongoalscalledbiometric.Therearevariouskindsofbiometricsbeingused,theseincludeFingerprint,Face,Speaker/Voice,Infraredthermogram(facial,handorhandvein),Gait,Keystroke,Odor,Ear,Handgeometry,Retina,Iris,Palmprint,Signature,DNA,Knucklecrease,Brain/EEG,Heartsound/ECG.Defininghumansusingbiometriccanevenbebehavioralorphysiologicalbiometrics.Thedifferencebetweenthemisthatbehavioralbiometriccanbeaffectedwiththeprogressofthetimesuchassignature,gait,speech,andkeystrokebutthephysiologicalbiometricareconstantduringhumanlife.Fingerprint,face,iris,andpalmprintsareexamplesofphysiologicalbiometric[2].ABiometricsystemisreliablebecauseitcannotbestolen,borrow,bought,orforgottenlikeapasswordorID[3].Thefingerprintisaphysicalbiometricaspect.Itisusedtoidentifyaperson’sidentityduetoitsuniquenesswherenotwopersonscansharethesamefingerprint.Besides,afingerprintisunchangeablewithtimeandcanbeeasilyrecognizedduringthewholelifeoftheindividual.Thefingerprintisanimpressionormodelofribsandvalleysatthetopofaperson’sfingers.Figure1showsafingerprintpattern.Fingerprintrecognitionistheautomaticprossesofcomparingsavedfinger