A structure of variable length that uniquely identifies a user or group on all Windows NT implementations. See also access token, impersonation token, primary token, privilege.
(SID) A data structure of variable length that identifies user, group, and computer accounts. Every account on a network is issued a unique SID when the account is first created. Internal processes in Windows refer to an account's SID rather than the account's user or group name.
a number that uniquely identifies a computer in a network
A data structure that identifies user, group, and computer accounts. Every account on a network is issued a unique SID when the account is first created. SIDs are used in access control???the process of comparing a SID to a resource security descriptor that specifies which SIDs can use the resource.
Computer-generated, nonreadable binary string that uniquely identifies a user or group.
A variable length value that uniquely identifies a security principal, such as a user or group. SIDs are used in security descriptors and access-control entries.
security identifier (SID) - In Windows-based systems, a unique value that identifies a user, group, or computer account within an enterprise. Every account is issued a SID when it is created.
A value that uniquely identifies each user, group, computer account, and logon session on a network.
A unique name that identifies a user logged on to the Windows NT security system. A security identifier can identify an individual user or a group of users.
In the context of the Microsoft Windows NT line of operating systems, a Security Identifier (commonly abbreviated SID) is a unique name (an alphanumeric character string) which is assigned by a Windows Domain controller during the log on process that is used to identify an object, such as a user or a group of users in a network of NT/2000 systems. SIDs are not portable.