The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood
Identity refers to the way people see themselves--the groups they feel a part of, the significant aspects of themselves that they use to describe themselves to others Some theorists distinguish between collective identity, social identity, and personal identity However, all related in one way or another to a description of who one is, and how one fits into his social groups and society over all
The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest or the same kind
Each bit combination is represented by a single octet; this BCTF can be used only for storage objects all of whose bit combinations have a value not exceeding 255
The globally unique 'name' of an object Every Smalltalk object has an individual identity which distinguishes it from any other object, i e two object have the same identity iff they are one and the same object The identity of an object is not a user-accessible attribute Contrast with equality
The topological overlay of a coverage (input) with a polygon coverage (identity) For each feature in the input coverage, the intersection with identity features is determined, creating new features of the same feature class as the input coverage For example, a road (input coverage, arc feature class) passing through two counties (identity coverage) would be split into two arc features, each with the attributes of the road and the county it passes through Compare with intersect and union
An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element
In Outlook Express, it is possible to create separate identities, one for each member of your household This allows individuals to keep their personal Email private on a shared computer To learn how to create an identity, access the Outlook Express section of 3web's online help