Verification Explained

Verification or verify may refer to:

General

Verification and validation, in engineering or quality management systems, is the act of reviewing, inspecting or testing, in order to establish and document that a product, service or system meets regulatory or technical standards
- Verification (spaceflight), in the space systems engineering area, covers the processes of qualification and acceptance
Verification theory, philosophical theory relating the meaning of a statement to how it is verified
Third-party verification, use of an independent organization to verify the identity of a customer
Authentication, confirming the truth of an attribute claimed by an entity, such as an identity
Forecast verification, verifying prognostic output from a numerical model
Verifiability (science), a scientific principle
Verification (audit), an auditing process

Punched card verification, a data entry step performed after keypunching on a separate, keyboard-equipped machine, such as the IBM 056 Verifier
Verification and validation (software)
Account verification, verifying that an account is owned by a real person or organization

CAPTCHA, device to verify that a user of a website is human, to prevent automated abuse
File verification, checking the formal correctness or integrity of a file
Speech verification, checking of the correct speaking of given sentences
VERIFY (DOS command)
GOV.UK Verify, identity assurance system in the United Kingdom