ident
- noun
- /ˈaɪdɛnt/
- Specialized
- When joining the chat room, please provide your ident so others can see your username.
Examples
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If anyone can hear me, press the "ident" button on the far right of the console.
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Find the "ident" button... on the far right side, about halfway up, and press it.
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What kind of idents do we have so far?
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2A11, give me an ident on that.
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Arrival make that arrival time can't be nil, departure time can be nil, file can be nil, ident cannot be nil.
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To connect to the network, each user must enter their unique ident in the login screen.
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The technician asked for the ident of the device to troubleshoot the issue.
Synonyms
A name a person chooses to log in to a website or app
A word, number and symbol that shows a person or thing
A code, number or name that stands for one record in a system
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ident shares the same root as ID and identify and means the name or code a user gives on a network so others know who they are. So an ident is an online 'ID' that shows who is connected.