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Serial number
Unique code assigned for identification of a single unit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A serial number is a unique identifier used to uniquely identify an item, and is usually assigned incrementally or sequentially.
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Despite being called serial "numbers", they do not need to be strictly numerical and may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist entirely of a character string.