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$SystemID
$SystemID
is a short string that identifies the type of computer system on which
Mathematica
is being run.
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Computer systems with the same
$SystemID
should be binary compatible, so that the same external programs and
.mx
files can be used.
Sometimes binary compatibility may only be complete when the same version of the operating system is used.
$SystemID
is used in naming directories generated by
DumpSave
and
mcc
.
Values for
$SystemID
contain only alphanumeric characters and dashes.
Typical values are
"Windows"
,
"Darwin"
,
"Linux"
and
"UltraSPARC"
.
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