Identity may refer to:
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Philosophical topics
• Identity (philosophy), also called sameness, is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable
• Law of identity, principle of logic stating that an object is the same as itself
• Personal identity (philosophy), refers to the numerical identity (continuity of existence) of persons through time
Specifications of persons
• Identity change
• Identity document
• Identity theft, the deliberate appropriation of someone else's identity
(without that person's permission) for criminal purposes
• Personally identifiable information
Personal conception and expression
• Gender identity, also known as core gender identity, the gender(s) or lack thereof, that a person self-identifies
• Identity formation, the process of the development of the distinct personality of an individual
• Identity (social science), umbrella term used to describe individuality, personal identity, social identity, and cultural identity in psychology, sociology, and philosophy
• Persona, a social role or a character played by an actor with oneself
• Sexual orientation identity, describes how persons identify their own sexuality
Group expression and affiliation
• Christian Identity, a Christian religious movement
• Cultural identity, person's self-affiliation (or categorization by others) as a member of a cultural group
• Identity politics, refers to political arguments that focus upon the self interest and perspectives of self-identified social interest groups or minorities
• National identity, belief in membership of a nation
Mathematics
• Identity element, a special element in a set or structure with respect to an operator
• Identity function, a function that does not alter its argument
• Identity (mathematics), an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables
• Identity matrix, a square matrix with ones on the main diagonal, zeros elsewhere
Business
• Accounting identity, calculation or measurement that must be true regardless of the value of its variables
• Corporate identity, "persona" of a corporation by way of branding or use of trademarks
Computer science
• Digital identity, representation of a set of claims made by one digital subject about itself or another digital subject
• Federated identity, assembled identity of a person's user information, stored across multiple distinct identity management systems
• Identity column, database field that uniquely identifies every row in the table and is made up of values generated by the database
• Identity management, administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system and controlling access to resources by placing restrictions on them
• Identity (object-oriented programming), describes the property of objects that distinguishes them from other objects
• Online identity, social identity that an internet user establishes in online communities and websites
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philosophical topics
• Identity (philosophy), also called sameness, is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable
• Law of identity, principle of logic stating that an object is the same as itself
• Personal identity (philosophy), refers to the numerical identity (continuity of existence) of persons through time
Specifications of persons
• Identity change
• Identity document
• Identity theft, the deliberate appropriation of someone else's identity
(without that person's permission) for criminal purposes
• Personally identifiable information
Personal conception and expression
• Gender identity, also known as core gender identity, the gender(s) or lack thereof, that a person self-identifies
• Identity formation, the process of the development of the distinct personality of an individual
• Identity (social science), umbrella term used to describe individuality, personal identity, social identity, and cultural identity in psychology, sociology, and philosophy
• Persona, a social role or a character played by an actor with oneself
• Sexual orientation identity, describes how persons identify their own sexuality
Group expression and affiliation
• Christian Identity, a Christian religious movement
• Cultural identity, person's self-affiliation (or categorization by others) as a member of a cultural group
• Identity politics, refers to political arguments that focus upon the self interest and perspectives of self-identified social interest groups or minorities
• National identity, belief in membership of a nation
Mathematics
• Identity element, a special element in a set or structure with respect to an operator
• Identity function, a function that does not alter its argument
• Identity (mathematics), an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables
• Identity matrix, a square matrix with ones on the main diagonal, zeros elsewhere
Business
• Accounting identity, calculation or measurement that must be true regardless of the value of its variables
• Corporate identity, "persona" of a corporation by way of branding or use of trademarks
Computer science
• Digital identity, representation of a set of claims made by one digital subject about itself or another digital subject
• Federated identity, assembled identity of a person's user information, stored across multiple distinct identity management systems
• Identity column, database field that uniquely identifies every row in the table and is made up of values generated by the database
• Identity management, administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system and controlling access to resources by placing restrictions on them
• Identity (object-oriented programming), describes the property of objects that distinguishes them from other objects
• Online identity, social identity that an internet user establishes in online communities and websites
