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電子署名 (でんししょめい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん子し署しょ名めい

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Meanings

1

electronic signature; e-signature

Technical term in computing and legal contexts for a digital mark used to authenticate documents or data.

契けい約やく書しょに電でん子し署しょ名めいを

付ふ

与よ

する

。

Attach an electronic signature to the contract.

電でん子し署しょ名めい法ほうに基もとづき、この文ぶん書しょは有ゆう効こうです。

Under the Electronic Signature Law, this document is valid.

Kanji

電electricity
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
署signature, govt office, police station
名name, noted, distinguished

Related words

デジタル署しょ名めい
Often used interchangeably with 電子署名, but デジタル署名 can specifically refer to cryptographic digital signatures, while 電子署名 is a broader legal and technical term.

Built from

電でん子し+署しょ名めい

Etymology

Compound of 電子 (electronic) and 署名 (signature).