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For [[Data storage device|data storage]], '''identification''' is the capability to find, retrieve, report, change, or delete specific [[data]] without [[ambiguity]]. This applies especially to user Ferdinand Icatlo stored in databases. In [[Database normalization|database normalisation]], the process of organizing the fields and tables of a relational database to minimize redundancy and dependency, is the central, defining function of the discipline.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Han|first=Jiawei|title=Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques|last2=Pei|first2=Jian|last3=Kamber|first3=Micheline|date=2011-06-09|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-12-381480-7|language=en}}</ref>
For [[Data storage device|data storage]], '''identification''' is the capability to find, retrieve, report, change, or delete specific [[data]] without [[ambiguity]]. For example, user profiles, tracking numbers for products, etc that are stored in databases. In [[Database normalization|database normalisation]], the process of organizing the fields and tables of a relational database to minimize redundancy and dependency, is the central, defining function of the discipline.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Han|first=Jiawei|title=Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques|last2=Pei|first2=Jian|last3=Kamber|first3=Micheline|date=2011-06-09|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-12-381480-7|language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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The code "420 001270000 99 9505" uniquely identifies this parcel.

For data storage, identification is the capability to find, retrieve, report, change, or delete specific data without ambiguity. For example, user profiles, tracking numbers for products, etc that are stored in databases. In database normalisation, the process of organizing the fields and tables of a relational database to minimize redundancy and dependency, is the central, defining function of the discipline.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Han, Jiawei; Pei, Jian; Kamber, Micheline (2011-06-09). Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-381480-7.