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  2. setuid - Wikipedia

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    setuid. The Unix and Linux access rights flags setuid and setgid (short for set user identity and set group identity) [1] allow users to run an executable with the file system permissions of the executable's owner or group respectively and to change behaviour in directories. They are often used to allow users on a computer system to run ...

  3. Electronic identification - Wikipedia

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    Electronic identification. An electronic identification (" eID ") is a digital solution for proof of identity of citizens or organizations. They can be used to view to access benefits or services provided by government authorities, banks or other companies, for mobile payments, etc. Apart from online authentication and login, many electronic ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Non-fungible token - Wikipedia

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    Non-fungible token. Illustration of a non-fungible token generated by a smart contract (a program designed to automatically execute contract terms) A non-fungible token ( NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided. [1]

  6. User-defined function - Wikipedia

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    In the COBOL programming language, a user-defined function is an entity that is defined by the user by specifying a FUNCTION-ID paragraph. A user-defined function must return a value by specifying the RETURNING phrase of the procedure division header and they are invoked using the function-identifier syntax.

  7. Identity provider - Wikipedia

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    An identity provider is “a trusted provider that lets you use single sign-on (SSO) to access other websites.”. [3] SSO enhances usability by reducing password fatigue. It also provides better security by decreasing the potential attack surface. Identity providers can facilitate connections between cloud computing resources and users, thus ...

  8. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    Computer networking may be considered a branch of computer science, computer engineering, and telecommunications, since it relies on the theoretical and practical application of the related disciplines. Computer networking was influenced by a wide array of technological developments and historical milestones.

  9. Identity-based encryption - Wikipedia

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    Identity-based encryption ( IBE ), is an important primitive of identity-based cryptography. As such it is a type of public-key encryption in which the public key of a user is some unique information about the identity of the user (e.g. a user's email address). This means that a sender who has access to the public parameters of the system can ...