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link to remove all filters. An identifier is a unique expression
in a written format either by a code, by numbers or by the
combination of both to distinguish variations from one to
another among a class of substances, items, or objects. For
living organisms and the structural identifications of objects,
identifiers could be more complicated. In computer science,
Identifiers (IDs) are lexical tokens that name entities. The
concept is analogous to that of a "name." Identifiers are used
extensively in virtually all information processing systems.
Naming entities makes it possible to refer to them, which is
essential for any kind of symbolic processing. (Excerpt from
Wikipedia article: Identifier) See our 'identifier' overview for
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