Certificate

A certificate is an official document affirming some fact. For example, a birth certificate or death certificate testifies to basic facts regarding a person's birth or death. A certificate may also certify that a person has received specific education or has passed a test.

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Document - Birth certificate - Death certificate - Education - Test

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Due to the low cost of production as compared to other awards like trophies or plaques, certificates are used to recognize any minor achievement. For example, in U.S. schools certificates of attendance are given to students who miss less than a certain number of days of school.

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Awards - Trophies - Plaques

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In computing and especially computer security and cryptography, the word certificate generally refers to a digital identity certificate, also known as a public key certificate.

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Computing - Computer security - Cryptography - Public key certificate

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