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$MachineID

Usage

• $MachineID is a string which gives, if possible, a unique identification code for the computer on which Mathematica is being run.


Notes

• On many computers, $MachineID is the MathID string printed by the external program mathinfo.
• See Section 2.14.5.
• See also: $SystemID, $MachineName.
• New in Version 2.


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