footprint

IPA: fˈʊtprɪnt

The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
Space required by a piece of equipment.
(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
(computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
(figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
The surface space occupied by a structure.
A company's geographic market presence.
(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
Availability of a satellite from the ground.
(cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.

Examples of "footprint" in Sentences

ABC's Katz, a "huge hockey fan," suggests the league's "footprint" is growing.
I think the profile of the products, the categories, the footprint, is quite strong.
The use of the term footprint to refer to the impact of human activity on the environment is about 30 years old.
America used to be the CAN DO nation, and reducing our CO2 footprint is something we CAN DO and do it well if we set our mind to it.
Their carbon footprint is tiny and I think again that stresses the necessity for governments like Australia to move quickly to curb our emissions, Baird states.
As you know, MacDill supports tanker operations for the United States Air Force, and we certainly are conducting tanker operations in what we call the footprint around Afghanistan, but we are not basing any of our refueling assets in Afghanistan.
For example, a 2007 estimate had 180,000 contractors supporting roughly 160,000 troops in Iraq; to the extent official numbers list just the 160,000 military personnel, the government can give the impression that our footprint is only half its actual size.