Identity
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[edit] Mathematics
- Identity (mathematics), an equality that holds regardless of the values of its variables
- Identity function, a function that does not alter its argument
- Identity element, a special element in a set or structure with respect to an operator
- Identity matrix, a square matrix I with ones on the diagonal, zeros elsewhere
[edit] Social science and psychology
- Personal Identity, that which makes him or her uniquely what they are.
- Identity (social science), stemming from cognitive theory, sociology, politics, and psychology.
- Cultural identity, a person's self-affiliation (or categorization by others) as a member of a cultural group
- Gender identity, the gender with which a person identifies (or is identified by others)
- Psychological identity, an individual's unique identity that develops relatively late in his life. (see Identity formation)
- Online identity, established and used by computer network users (see also Digital identity in Computer Science)
- National identity, belief in membership of a nation.
In some countries where there is more than one "nation" in the state or identity is otherwise confused, there may be a debate over what the nation's real identity is, see:
[edit] Business
- Accounting identity, a basic accounting relation that must hold by definition
- Corporate identity, the physical manifestation of a business brand
- Identity theft, the deliberate appropriation of someone else's identity (without that person's permission) for criminal purposes
[edit] Computer science
- Digital identity, the representation of identity in terms of digital information (see also online identity in social science)
- Federated identity, identity management with defined trust relations between independent principals
- Laws of identity[1], laws that define a unifying identity metasystem
- Identity (object-oriented programming), a property of objects that allows those objects to be distinguished from each other.
- Identity column in SQL Server, a database field whose values uniquely identify a row in the table
[edit] Religion
- Christian Identity, a Christian religious movement
[edit] Television, film, music and literature
- Identity (novel), by Milan Kundera
- Identity (film), directed by James Mangold and starring John Cusack
- Identity (album), by Zee with Richard Wright and Dave Harris
- Identity (music), a transformation of pitches in music
- Identity (game show), a short lived game show
- "Identity" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Identify (song), a Natalie Imbruglia song

