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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, and is considered below the standard of an academic degree.
Due to the low cost of production as compared to other awards like trophies or plaques, certificates are used to recognize most any minor achievement throughout many levels of society. For example, in U.S. schools certificates of attendance are given to students who miss less than a certain number of days of school. A matriculating elementary or secondary school student may receive a certificate stating he/she was most improved in science, mathematics, or a language. Certificates are often used as an inexpensive positive reinforcement to encourage desired behaviors in many contexts.
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. It also may be awarded as a necessary certification to validate that a student is considered competent in a certain specific networking skill area in today's ubiquitous and necessary information technology. Thus a computer engineer or computer science graduation most likely will have to obtain additional certificates on and pertaining to the specific technologies or equipments used by the hiring corporation; if not, such employer may suffer unwanted penalties like foregoing (voiding the contract) the protections of a certain level of customer service or warranties.
Big changes to certificates of conferences
On March 19, Chief Judge Heartfield signed General Order 08-05, which makes minor modifications to the rules for motions for leave to file and motions for leave to exceed page limitations, but significant changes to to certificate of conference requirement...
Certificates of UNDER Achievement
These certificates will be sent out to our 10 WORST Prosecutors. #1 Alberto Gonzales #2 Terry D. McEachern #3 Michael Nifong #4 Charles C...
Gift Certificates & Connecticut
Connecticut has a gift card law preventing gift cards and gift certificates purchased by shoppers in CT from expiring.Two interesting things I learned about this today...
Adoptees' Birth Certificates
Beginning tomorrow, certain adoptees and their parents can request a copy of their original birth certificates under St.2007, c...
PSA: Amazon Gift Certificates
The best give to give is cash. But if that doesn't suit you, give an Amazon.com gift certificate. I just ordered some boxing gloves and head gear from there...
Missouri Death Certificates
Nearly fifty years of death certificates are now searchable online, for free, the News-Leader reports. Here's the record for Tom Pendergast.
Is a surviving spouse (wife) responsible for the credit card debt that was in their deceased spourse's (husband's) name?
when my father died my mother sent a letter and a copy of a death certificate ( ...

Is a surviving spouse (wife) responsible for the credit card debt that was in their deceased spourse's (husband's) name?
when my father died my mother sent a letter and a copy of a death certificate ( ...














