Footprint (disambiguation)

Literally, a footprint is an impression left by a foot or shoe.

Footprint or Footprints may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a computer program uses or references while running, or how much hard disk space a program takes up.
• Ichnite, a fossilized footprint
• In industrial design
  • The surface area of an item, usually horizontal surface area
• In business and economics, figuratively: the scale of distribution of industrial output
  • See also form factor.
• Footprint (satellite), the area of the Earth's surface from which a satellite's signals can be received
• Footprint (electronics), the layout of electronic connections on a printed circuit board
• Ecological footprint: the environmental impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
  • Carbon footprint: the carbon dioxide released by a human activity into the atmosphere
• Footprinting: the technique of gathering information about computer systems
• Tent footprint or groundsheet protector, the separate flat groundsheet which goes underneath the main groundsheet of the tent

Architecture

• The ground floor floorplan of a building

Books and poster

• "Footprints" (poem), a popular allegorical poem and poster
• Footprints (book), 2009 book edited by Eric T. Reynolds and Jay Lake
• Footprint Books, a travel publisher based in Bath, UK, noted especially for their coverage of Latin America

Film

• Footprints (film), a 2011 film

Music

Albums

• Footprint, an album by Gary Wright
• Footprints, an album by Karrin Allyson
• Footprints (album), by Holly Valance

Songs

• "Footprints", a song from Squeeze's 1987 album Babylon and On
• "Footprints", a song by Half Man Half Biscuit on the 1993 album This Leaden Pall
• "Footprints" (composition), a jazz standard by Wayne Shorter
• "Footprints", a song by A Tribe Called Quest from the album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
• "Footprints", a song by G-Unit from the album Beg For Mercy
• "Footprints", a song from Sia Furler's 2016 album This Is Acting
• "Foot Prints", a song by Yes from the album Keys to Ascension 2

Other

• Phylogenetic footprinting

See also

• Buddha footprint, an early aniconic and symbolic representation of the Buddha.
• Footprints Bay, bay on Ambergris Caye, Belize
• Moso's Footprint, formation in Samoa
• The Devil's Footprints, mysterious footprints in snow in Devon, England in 1855
• Footprints on Sand, 1981 collection by authors L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp
• Footprint Nebula, nebula also known as M1-92
• Laetoli footprints, prehistoric footprints near Laetoli, Tanzania
• Citizens' Footprint Movement, political party in Colombia