a secret way of adding your name to an electronic message to prove that you are who you say you are. Digital signatures are used when you buy goods or make agreements on the internet.
Synonyms and related words
Communicating by email or text message
address
ASCII art
attach
Synonyms and related words
The internet
access number
account name
address
digital signature
noun countable computing
US
Word Forms
singular
digital signature
plural
digital signatures
DEFINITIONS1
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a secret way of adding your name to an electronic message to prove that you are who you say you are. Digital signatures are used when you buy goods or make agreements on the internet.