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  • abbreviation computing Unique identifier
  • abbreviation politics Unique Identification Number

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Examples

  • Also you are obviously new here since your UID is like 4300+, so heres some MCS history for you.

    Don’t shit on the floor! | My[confined]Space 2009

  • Leaving the search key phrases linked to a random UID is fine, what isnt is leaving in personally identifiable infomation which can be linked to the UID and therfore connect all search phrases with the same UID to that personal ID.

    AOL Search Data Shows Users Planning to commit Murder. « The Paradigm Shift 2006

  • I don’t think my UID is supposed to be pushin’ the 6000s … In fact I think it was closer to 1600 at some point … I dunno … Now I’ve got peeps questioning my identity on account of that sky high UID …

    Return of the UID / I’m buying a house / maybe | My[confined]Space 2009

  • The Infosys co-founder, who now heads the government's ambitious Unique Identification Authority of India, said the UID is a scheme for the marginalised people of the country.

    The Financial Express 2010

  • If users restrict outside access to their information, the identity or so-called UID numbers would yield only names.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JACQUIE MCNISH AND OMAR EL AKKAD 2010

  • If users restrict outside access to their information, the identity or so-called UID numbers would yield only names.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JACQUIE MCNISH AND OMAR EL AKKAD 2010

  • If users restrict outside access to their information, the identity or so-called UID numbers would yield only names.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JACQUIE MCNISH AND OMAR EL AKKAD 2010

  • The UID is a complex and ambitious project with UIDAI as the regulatory authority.

    unknown title 2009

  • A key takeaway of the UID post is that "schema properties" or "first-class properties" such as UID often are calculated from or directly relate to "extended properties" or "MAPI properties".

    MSDN Blogs 2009

  • People like Nandan Nilekani have been appointed for UID (Unique Identification Development Project) to give a unique identity to every Indian.

    Global Voices in English » India: Swine Flu Scare 2009

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