Does an identity have to be unique? I think we’ll get little argument if we claim that, within a given context, an identity (that is, some distinguishable object) must have a unique identifier.

I'm working on a school project which involves message passing between various software entities (nodes in an adhoc wireless network). Each is issued a UUID to uniquely identify itself within this ...

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I'm working on a Java app that runs off of a flash drive. It needs to be able to get a unique identifier for each computer it runs on. The next time it runs on the computer, it should be able to ...