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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. Federated identity - Wikipedia

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    Federated identity is related to single sign-on (SSO), in which a user's single authentication ticket, or token, is trusted across multiple IT systems or even organizations. [2][3] SSO is a subset of federated identity management, as it relates only to authentication and is understood on the level of technical interoperability, and it would not ...

  4. Unique identifier - Wikipedia

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    Unique identifier. A unique identifier (UID) is an identifier that is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose. [1] The concept was formalized early in the development of computer science and information systems. In general, it was associated with an atomic data type.

  5. Universally unique identifier - Wikipedia

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    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. Their uniqueness does not depend on a central registration ...

  6. Identity correlation - Wikipedia

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    Identity correlation is, in information systems, a process that reconciles and validates the proper ownership of disparate user account login IDs that reside on systems and applications throughout an organization and can permanently link ownership of those user account login IDs to particular individuals by assigning a unique identifier (also called primary or common keys) to all validated ...

  7. Identity-based security - Wikipedia

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    Identity-based security is a type of security that focuses on access to digital information or services based on the authenticated identity of an entity. [1] It ensures that the users and services of these digital resources are entitled to what they receive. The most common form of identity-based security involves the login of an account with a ...

  8. E-commerce identification and identification types - Wikipedia

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    Types of ecommerce authentication. One-time password/Single sign on - It is process where a user's password and information is used for logon and then, becomes invalid after a set time. Two-factor authentication - This requires two forms of authentication before access can be granted to a user.

  9. Registered user - Wikipedia

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    Internet. A registered user is a user of a website, program, or other systems who has previously registered. Registered users normally provide some sort of credentials (such as a username or e-mail address, and a password) to the system in order to prove their identity: this is known as logging in. Systems intended for use by the general public ...