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  2. User identifier - Wikipedia

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    User identifier. Unix-like operating systems identify a user by a value called a user identifier, often abbreviated to user ID or UID. The UID, along with the group identifier (GID) and other access control criteria, is used to determine which system resources a user can access. The password file maps textual user names to UIDs.

  3. Universally unique identifier - Wikipedia

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    Universally unique identifier. A Universally Unique Identifier ( UUID) is a 128-bit label used for information in computer systems. The term Globally Unique Identifier ( GUID) is also used, mostly in Microsoft systems. [1] [2] When generated according to the standard methods, UUIDs are, for practical purposes, unique.

  4. Microsoft account - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft account logo. A Microsoft account or MSA (previously known as Microsoft Passport,.NET Passport, and Windows Live ID) is a single sign-on personal user account for Microsoft customers to log in to consumer Microsoft services (like Outlook.com), devices running on one of Microsoft's current operating systems (e.g. Microsoft Windows computers and tablets, Xbox consoles), and Microsoft ...

  5. Email address - Wikipedia

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    user.name+tag+sorting@example.com (may be routed to user.name@example.com inbox depending on mail server) name/surname@example.com (slashes are a printable character, and allowed) admin@example (local domain name with no TLD, although ICANN highly discourages dotless email addresses) example@s.example (see the List of Internet top-level domains)

  6. Uniform Resource Identifier - Wikipedia

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    A Uniform Resource Identifier ( URI) is a unique sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource, [1] such as resources on a webpage, mail address, phone number, [2] books, real-world objects such as people and places, concepts. [3] URIs are used to identify anything described using the Resource Description Framework ...

  7. International mobile subscriber identity - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .itu .int /rec /T-REC-E .212. The international mobile subscriber identity ( IMSI; / ˈɪmziː /) is a number that uniquely identifies every user of a cellular network. [1] It is stored as a 64-bit field and is sent by the mobile device to the network. It is also used for acquiring other details of the mobile in the home location ...

  8. Digital object identifier - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .doi .org. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify various objects, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [1] DOIs are an implementation of the Handle System; [2] [3] they also fit within the URI system ( Uniform Resource Identifier ).

  9. Generic Routing Encapsulation - Wikipedia

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    Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) is a tunneling protocol developed by Cisco Systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links or point-to-multipoint links over an Internet Protocol network.