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Foil 117 Certificates

From Overview of Advanced JavaScript -- Web Scripting Language CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age -- Spring Semester 98. by Tom Scavo,Geoffrey C. Fox
A certificate is an electronic document used to identify an individual or organization
An object-signing certificate is a special kind of certificate that allows you to associate your digital signature with one or more files
A digital signature is analogous to a handwritten signature (that is, it is difficult to refute and may be legally binding)

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