This ICC-ID is a unique identifier to the cellular network that is used by the carrier to route calls to your cellphone.
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Coupled with a unique identifier from DTCC, the system will allow a corporate actions user to track an event from instruction through payment.
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When the chip is hit with a radio frequency signal, it emits a unique identifier number that functions like a long, unguessable password.
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The special Australian visa has a unique identifier number "188, " making it distinct from the traditional "457" visa given to most temporary foreign workers.
The special Australian visa itself has a unique identifier number "188, " making it distinct from the traditional "457" subclass given to most temporary foreign workers.
Firms tag all of their trades with a unique identifier for each trade by customer, by stock and time, among other things, Lime Brokerage CEO Jeff Wecker says.
Legal Entity Identifers are the first concerted effort to develop a regulatory response to the financial crisis of 2008 by developing a globally accepted unique identifier for firms and subsidiaries.
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According to McGoey, the key information these hijackers would have needed is Social Security numbers (often the unique identifier for business use), driver's license numbers, and date of birth or birth certificates.
The goal of regulators is to develop a unique identifier for each HSBC or Citi subsidiary around the world in a consistent fashion that can be rolled up for a comprehensive view of the institution.
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As each pair has its own unique identifier, finding a lost pair amongst a pile of identical socks is as easier as scanning them with the sock sorter, and waiting until the iPhone app beeps to tell you it has located the exact match.
WiFi connection log, the Unique Device Identifier (U DID), a Media Access Control (MAC) address, or any other identifier unique to a specific device?
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Grody says the next step will be a Unique Product Identifier which is required by Dodd-Frank legislation.
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This jitter, combined with the shape of our hands and fingers, makes for a highly unique biometric identifier.
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You see, each person's body provides a different amount of opposition to electrical current, so bioimpedance can be a unique biometric identifier.
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Intel in 2000 dropped a plan that would have included a unique electronic identifier on its chips, after Mr. Rotenberg's group and others complained it smacked of "Big Brother Inside, " a mocking reference to Intel's well-known marketing slogan.
The current push for a unique global identifier for each legal entity was sparked by the financial crisis in 2008 when firms and regulators had a hard time tracing the transactions among key players such as Lehman, Bear Stearns, AIG and the portfolios of mortgage-backed securities.
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