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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. User Datagram Protocol - Wikipedia

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    In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol ( UDP) is one of the core communication protocols of the Internet protocol suite used to send messages (transported as datagrams in packets) to other hosts on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Within an IP network, UDP does not require prior communication to set up communication channels or ...

  4. Trunked radio system - Wikipedia

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    A trunked radio system is a two-way radio system that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios. In a traditional half-duplex land mobile radio system a group of users (a talkgroup) with mobile and portable two-way radios communicate over a single shared radio channel, with one user at a time talking.

  5. Universally unique identifier - Wikipedia

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    RFC 4122. 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. [1] When generated according to the standard methods, UUIDs are, for practical purposes, unique. Their uniqueness does not depend on a central registration authority or ...

  6. Single sign-on - Wikipedia

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    Single sign-on. Single sign-on ( SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems. True single sign-on allows the user to log in once and access services without re-entering authentication factors. It should not be confused with same-sign on (Directory ...

  7. IP address - Wikipedia

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    For the Wikipedia user access level, see Wikipedia:User access levels ยง Unregistered (IP or not logged in) users. An Internet Protocol address ( IP address) is a numerical label such as 192.0.2.1 that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. [1] [2] An IP address serves two main functions: network ...

  8. Communication channel - Wikipedia

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    A communication channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking. A channel is used for information transfer of, for example, a digital bit stream, from one or several senders to one or several receivers.