Signature file

Signature files are computer files of some kind of signature data, such as:

signature values to be used in signature-based detection of viruses;
in document retrieval, a quick and dirty filter that keeps all the documents that match to the query;
a signature block automatically appended at the bottom of an email message;
a digital signature;
an electronic signature.

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