$SessionID

$SessionID is a number set up to be unique to a particular Mathematica session.

$SessionID should be different for different Mathematica sessions run either on the same computer or on different computers.

The value of $SessionID is based on $MachineID, as well as AbsoluteTime[ ] and operating system parameters such as the Mathematica process ID.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 2.6.3 and Section 2.13.5.

See also: $ModuleNumber, $ProcessID.

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