Identity may refer to:
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Identity document
An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any documentation, document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card (IC, ID c ...
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Identity (philosophy)
In philosophy, identity (from , "sameness") is the relation each thing bears only to itself. The notion of identity gives rise to List of unsolved problems in philosophy, many philosophical problems, including the identity of indiscernibles (if ' ...
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Identity (social science)
Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions that characterize a person or group.Compare ''Collins Dictionary of Sociology'', quoted in
In sociology, emphasis is placed on collective identity, in which ...
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Identity (mathematics)
In mathematics, an identity is an equality relating one mathematical expression ''A'' to another mathematical expression ''B'', such that ''A'' and ''B'' (which might contain some variables) produce the same value for all values of th ...
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
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''Identity'' (1987 film), an Iranian film
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''Identity'' (2003 film), an American slasher film
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''Identity'' (game show), an American game show
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''Identity'' (TV series), a British police procedural drama television series
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"Identity" (''Arrow''), a 2013 episode
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"Identity" (''Burn Notice''), a 2007 episode
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"Identity" (''Charlie Jade''), a 2005 episode
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"Identity" (''Legend of the Seeker''), a 2008 episode
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"Identity" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' episode), 2005
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"Identity" (''NCIS: Los Angeles''), a 2009 pilot episode
Music
Albums
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''Identity'' (3T album), 2004
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''Identity'' (BoA album), 2010
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''Identity'' (Far East Movement album), 2016
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''Identity'' (Robert Pierre album), 2008
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''Identity'' (Raghav album), 2008
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''Identity'' (Victon EP), 2017
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''Identity'' (Zee album), 1984
Songs
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"Identity" (Sakanaction song), 2010
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"Identity" (X-Ray Spex song), 1978
* "Identity", a 1983 song by Bucks Fizz, B-side to "
London Town"
Other uses in music
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Identity (music)
In post-tonal music theory, identity is similar to identity in universal algebra. An identity function is a permutation or transformation which transforms a pitch or pitch class set into itself. Generally this requires symmetry. For instance ...
, in post-tonal music theory
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Identity (tuning)
In music theory, limit or harmonic limit is a way of characterizing the harmony found in a piece or genre of music, or the harmonies that can be made using a particular scale. The term ''limit'' was introduced by Harry Partch, who used it to gi ...
, an odd member below and including a limit
Publications
* ''Identity'', a defunct quarterly Australian magazine published by the
Aboriginal Publications Foundation
The Aboriginal Publications Foundation (APF) was a national Australian Aboriginal organisation that existed from 1970 to 1982, based first in Sydney, New South Wales, and later in Perth, Western Australia. It existed to promote and fund creative ...
(1971–1982)
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''Identity'' (novel), by Milan Kundera, 1998
Business
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Accounting identity In accounting, finance and economics, an accounting identity is an equality that must be true regardless of the value of its variables, or a statement that by definition (or construction) must be true. Where an accounting identity applies, any devia ...
, calculation that must be true regardless of its variables
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Brand identity
A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create a ...
, the expression of a brand
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Corporate identity
A corporate identity or corporate image is the manner in which a corporation, firm or business enterprise presents itself to the public (such as customers and investors as well as employees). The corporate identity is typically visualized by ...
, the manner a corporation presents itself to the public
Philosophy and social science
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Identity (philosophy)
In philosophy, identity (from , "sameness") is the relation each thing bears only to itself. The notion of identity gives rise to List of unsolved problems in philosophy, many philosophical problems, including the identity of indiscernibles (if ' ...
, the relation each thing bears only to itself
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Law of identity
In logic, the law of identity states that each thing is identical with itself. It is the first of the historical three laws of thought, along with the law of noncontradiction, and the law of excluded middle. However, few systems of logic are bui ...
, that each thing is identical with itself
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Personal identity
Personal identity is the unique numerical identity of a person over time. Discussions regarding personal identity typically aim to determine the necessary and sufficient conditions under which a person at one time and a person at another time can ...
, the numerical identity of a person over time
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Identity (social science)
Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions that characterize a person or group.Compare ''Collins Dictionary of Sociology'', quoted in
In sociology, emphasis is placed on collective identity, in which ...
, qualities etc that characterize a person or group
Science
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Digital identity
A digital identity is information used by computer systems to represent an external agent – a person, organization, application, or device. Digital identities allow access to services provided with computers to be automated and make it possibl ...
, information used by computer systems to represent an external agent
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Identity (object-oriented programming)
In object-oriented programming, object-oriented design and object-oriented analysis, the identity of an object is its being distinct from any other object, regardless of the values of the objects' properties. Having identity is a fundamental prope ...
, the property of objects that distinguishes them from other objects
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Identity (mathematics)
In mathematics, an identity is an equality relating one mathematical expression ''A'' to another mathematical expression ''B'', such that ''A'' and ''B'' (which might contain some variables) produce the same value for all values of th ...
, an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables
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Identity element
In mathematics, an identity element, or neutral element, of a binary operation operating on a set is an element of the set that leaves unchanged every element of the set when the operation is applied. This concept is used in algebraic structures su ...
, an element of the set which leaves unchanged every element when the operation is applied
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Identity function
Graph of the identity function on the real numbers
In mathematics, an identity function, also called an identity relation, identity map or identity transformation, is a function that always returns the value that was used as its argument, un ...
, a function that leaves its argument unchanged
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Identity matrix
In linear algebra, the identity matrix of size n is the n\times n square matrix with ones on the main diagonal and zeros elsewhere.
Terminology and notation
The identity matrix is often denoted by I_n, or simply by I if the size is immaterial o ...
, with ones on the main diagonal, zeros elsewhere
Other uses
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Identity document
An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any documentation, document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card (IC, ID c ...
, or ID
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Biometrics
Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify in ...
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Collective identity
Collective identity is the shared sense of belonging to a group.
In sociology
In 1989, Alberto Melucci published ''Nomads of the Present'', which introduces his model of collective identity based on studies of the social movements of the 1980s ...
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Cultural diversity
Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed to monoculture, the global monoculture, or a homogenization of cultures, akin to cultural evolution. The term "cultural diversity" can also refer to having different cu ...
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Cultural identity
Cultural identity is a part of a person's identity, or their self-conception and self-perception, and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct cultur ...
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Entity (disambiguation)
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ID (disambiguation)
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Identification (disambiguation)
Identification or identify may refer to:
*Identity document, any document used to verify a person's identity
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Identify'' (album) by Got7, 2014
* "Identify" (song), by Natalie Imbruglia, 1999
* Identification ( ...
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Identifier
An identifier is a name that identifies (that is, labels the identity of) either a unique object or a unique ''class'' of objects, where the "object" or class may be an idea, physical countable object (or class thereof), or physical noncountable ...
, a name that identifies a unique object or class of objects
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Identity politics
Identity politics is a political approach wherein people of a particular race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social background, social class, or other identifying factors develop political agendas that are based upon these i ...
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National identity
National identity is a person's identity or sense of belonging to one or more states or to one or more nations. It is the sense of "a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language". National identity ...
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Outline of self
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the human self:
Self – individuality, from one's own perspective. To each person, self is that person. Oneself can be a subject of philosophy, psychology and developm ...
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Personal data
Personal data, also known as personal information or personally identifiable information (PII), is any information related to an identifiable person.
The abbreviation PII is widely accepted in the United States, but the phrase it abbreviates ha ...
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Personal identity (disambiguation)
Personal identity is the unique numerical identity of persons through time.
Personal identity may also refer to:
* Identity (social science), an umbrella term used throughout the social sciences for an individual's comprehension of him or herself ...
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Secret identity (disambiguation)
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The Bourne Identity (disambiguation) The Bourne Identity may refer to:
* ''The Bourne Identity'' (novel), a 1980 novel by Robert Ludlum
* ''The Bourne Identity'' (1988 film), a made-for-television film adaptation of the novel, starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith
* ''The Bour ...
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