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)
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
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Identity (tuning), an odd member below and including a limit
Publications
* ''Identity'', a defunct quarterly Australian magazine published by the
Aboriginal Publications Foundation (1971–1982)
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''Identity'' (novel), by Milan Kundera, 1998
Business
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Accounting identity, calculation that must be true regardless of its variables
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Brand identity, the expression of a brand
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Corporate identity, 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, that each thing is identical with itself
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Personal identity, 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, information used by computer systems to represent an external agent
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Identity (object-oriented programming), the property of objects that distinguishes them from other objects
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Identity (mathematics), an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables
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Identity element, an element of the set which leaves unchanged every element when the operation is applied
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Identity function, 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
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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
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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)
An Entity is something that exists as itself.
Entity may also refer to:
Computing
* Character entity reference, replacement text for a character in HTML or XML
* Entity class, a thing of interest within an entity–relationship model or diagram
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ID (disambiguation)
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Identification (disambiguation)
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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
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National identity
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Outline of self
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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)
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Secret identity (disambiguation) A secret identity is a person's alter ego which is not known to the general populace, most often used in fiction.
Secret identity may also refer to:
* ''Secret Identity'', a 2006 novel based on the TV series ''Lost''
* ''My Secret Identity'', a 19 ...
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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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